Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaagas
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editBorrowed from early Proto-Norse [script needed] (*wāgaz), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz.[1]
Noun
edit*vaagas (Northern Finnic)
Inflection
editInflection of *vaagas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *vaagas | *vaakahët | |
accusative | *vaakahën | *vaakahët | |
genitive | *vaakahën | *vaagastën *vaakahidën | |
partitive | *vaagasta | *vaakahita | |
inessive | *vaakahëssa *vaakahëhna |
*vaakahissa *vaakahihna | |
elative | *vaakahësta | *vaakahista | |
illative | *vaakahësën | *vaakahisën | |
adessive | *vaakahëlla | *vaakahilla | |
ablative | *vaakahëlta | *vaakahilta | |
allative | *vaakahëlën *vaakahëlëk |
*vaakahilën *vaakahilëk | |
essive | *vaagassa | *vaakahina | |
translative | *vaakahëksi | *vaakahiksi | |
instructive | *vaakahën | *vaakahin | |
comitative | *vaagassëk | *vaakahinëk | |
abessive | *vaakahëtta | *vaakahitta |
Descendants
edit- Finnish: (poetic, rare) vaa’as, ⇒? vaakalintu
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: (poetic) vuakahat pl
References
edit- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Further reading
edit- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vaa’as”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (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