Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaksa
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finno-Permic *waksa. Cognate with Proto-Samic *vuopsē.
Noun
[edit]*vaksa[1]
- span (unit of measurement)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *vaksa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vaksa | *vaksat | |
| accusative | *vaksan | *vaksat | |
| genitive | *vaksan | *vaksadën *vaksoidën | |
| partitive | *vaksada | *vaksoida | |
| inessive | *vaksassa *vaksahna |
*vaksoissa *vaksoihna | |
| elative | *vaksasta | *vaksoista | |
| illative | *vaksahën | *vaksoihën | |
| adessive | *vaksalla | *vaksoilla | |
| ablative | *vaksalta | *vaksoilta | |
| allative | *vaksalën *vaksalëk |
*vaksoilën *vaksoilëk | |
| essive | *vaksana | *vaksoina | |
| translative | *vaksaksi | *vaksoiksi | |
| instructive | *vaksan | *vaksoin | |
| comitative | *vaksanëk | *vaksoinëk | |
| abessive | *vaksatta | *vaksoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: vaks
- Finnish: vaaksa
- Ingrian: vaaksa
- Karelian: voaksa
- Livonian: vaksā
- Livvi: vuaksu
- Ludian: voaks
- Veps: vaks
- Võro: vass
- Votic: vaassõ
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “vaks”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #1682 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.