Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vagas
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editUnknown. Possibly someway derived from *vaka or *vakka, or alternatively, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *vaikas (whence Lithuanian vaikas), but this is uncertain due to the phonetic issues.
Noun
edit*vagas[1]
Inflection
editInflection of *vagas
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 | *vagas | *vakahët | |
accusative | *vakahën | *vakahët | |
genitive | *vakahën | *vagastën *vakahidën | |
partitive | *vagasta | *vakahita | |
inessive | *vakahëssa *vakahëhna |
*vakahissa *vakahihna | |
elative | *vakahësta | *vakahista | |
illative | *vakahësën | *vakahisën | |
adessive | *vakahëlla | *vakahilla | |
ablative | *vakahëlta | *vakahilta | |
allative | *vakahëlën *vakahëlëk |
*vakahilën *vakahilëk | |
essive | *vagassa | *vakahina | |
translative | *vakahëksi | *vakahiksi | |
instructive | *vakahën | *vakahin | |
comitative | *vagassëk | *vakahinëk | |
abessive | *vakahëtta | *vakahitta |
Descendants
editFrom *vagas:
- Votic: ⇒ vagazlahsi (Mati) (+ lahsi)
From *vakahainën (derived with *-inën):
- Estonian: (dialectal) vagane laps
- Finnish: (archaic, dialectal) vakahainen, vakahinen, vakainen, vakkainen
- Ingrian: vakahain
- Karelian:
- Livvi: vagahaine
- Ludian: vagahaine
- Veps: vagahaine
References
editFurther reading
edit- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vakahainen”, 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