Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vajaga

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

*vaja- +‎ *-ga. From the same root as *vajot'ak (cf. Finnish vajota).

Adverb

*vajaga

1. necessary, needed

Adjective

*vajaga

1. incomplete, partial

Inflection

Inflection of *vajaga

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*vajaga	*vajagat
accusative		*vajagan	*vajagat
genitive		*vajagan	*vajagadën *vajagoidën
partitive		*vajagata	*vajagoita
inessive		*vajagassa *vajagahna	*vajagoissa *vajagoihna
elative		*vajagasta	*vajagoista
illative		*vajagasën	*vajagoisën
adessive		*vajagalla	*vajagoilla
ablative		*vajagalta	*vajagoilta
allative		*vajagalën *vajagalëk	*vajagoilën *vajagoilëk
essive		*vajagana	*vajagoina
translative		*vajagaksi	*vajagoiksi
instructive		*vajagan	*vajagoin
comitative		*vajaganëk	*vajagoinëk
abessive		*vajagatta	*vajagoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: vaja
• Finnish: vajaa
  • → Inari Sami: vááijuv
  • → Skolt Sami: väjja
  • → Northern Sami: vádjit
• Ingrian: vaijaa
• Karelian: vajoa
• Livonian: vajāg
  • → Latvian: vajag
    • ⇒ Latvian: vajadzēt
• Livvi: vajai
• Ludian: vajag
• Veps: vajag
• Võro: vajja, vaia
• Votic: vajja, vajagõ

Further reading

• “vaja”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012