Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vëhka

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

Unknown.

Noun

*vëhka

1. calla (Calla palustris)

Inflection

Inflection of *vëhka

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*vëhka	*vëhkat
accusative		*vëhkan	*vëhkat
genitive		*vëhkan	*vëhkadën *vëhkoidën
partitive		*vëhkada	*vëhkoida
inessive		*vëhkassa *vëhkahna	*vëhkoissa *vëhkoihna
elative		*vëhkasta	*vëhkoista
illative		*vëhkahën	*vëhkoihën
adessive		*vëhkalla	*vëhkoilla
ablative		*vëhkalta	*vëhkoilta
allative		*vëhkalën *vëhkalëk	*vëhkoilën *vëhkoilëk
essive		*vëhkana	*vëhkoina
translative		*vëhkaksi	*vëhkoiksi
instructive		*vëhkan	*vëhkoin
comitative		*vëhkanëk	*vëhkoinëk
abessive		*vëhkatta	*vëhkoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: võhk
• Finnish: vehka
• Ingrian: vehka
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: vehka
  • South Karelian: vehka
• Livvi: vehku
• Ludian: vehk
• Veps: vehk
• Votic: võhkõ

Further reading

• “võhk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vehka”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN