Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vahinko

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. Has sometimes been theorized to be a derivative of *vaja- in the form *vajinko, but this fails to explain the *h.

Noun

*vahinko

1. mishap, accident
2. damage, harm

Inflection

Inflection of *vahinko

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*vahinko	*vahingot
accusative		*vahingon	*vahingot
genitive		*vahingon	*vahinkodën *vahinkoidën
partitive		*vahinkota	*vahinkoita
inessive		*vahingossa *vahingohna	*vahingoissa *vahingoihna
elative		*vahingosta	*vahingoista
illative		*vahinkosën	*vahinkoisën
adessive		*vahingolla	*vahingoilla
ablative		*vahingolta	*vahingoilta
allative		*vahinkolën *vahinkolëk	*vahinkoilën *vahinkoilëk
essive		*vahinkona	*vahinkoina
translative		*vahingoksi	*vahingoiksi
instructive		*vahingon	*vahingoin
comitative		*vahinkonëk	*vahinkoinëk
abessive		*vahingotta	*vahingoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: vahing (dialectal)
• Finnish: vahinko
  • → Inari Sami: vaahâg
  • → Lule Sami: vahák
  • → Northern Sami: vahát
• Ingrian: vahinko
• Karelian:

  North Karelian: vahinko

  South Karelian: vahingo

• Livvi: vahingo
• Ludian: vahing
• Votic: vahinko

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vahinko”, 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