Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vasikka
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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]Noun
[edit]*vasikka
- calf (young cow or bull)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *vasikka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vasikka | *vasik'at | |
| accusative | *vasik'an | *vasik'at | |
| genitive | *vasik'an | *vasikkadën *vasikkoidën | |
| partitive | *vasikkata | *vasikkoita | |
| inessive | *vasik'assa *vasik'ahna |
*vasik'oissa *vasik'oihna | |
| elative | *vasik'asta | *vasik'oista | |
| illative | *vasikkasën | *vasikkoisën | |
| adessive | *vasik'alla | *vasik'oilla | |
| ablative | *vasik'alta | *vasik'oilta | |
| allative | *vasikkalën *vasikkalëk |
*vasikkoilën *vasikkoilëk | |
| essive | *vasikkana | *vasikkoina | |
| translative | *vasik'aksi | *vasik'oiksi | |
| instructive | *vasik'an | *vasik'oin | |
| comitative | *vasikkanëk | *vasikkoinëk | |
| abessive | *vasik'atta | *vasik'oitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: vasikas
- Finnish: vasikka
- Ingrian: vasikka
- Karelian:
- Livonian: (Courland) vā’ški, (Salaca) vaisk
- Livvi: vazikku
- Võro: vasik
- Votic: vazikkõ
Further reading
[edit]- “vasikas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012