Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vahva

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.

Adjective

*vahva

1. strong
2. firm

Inflection

Inflection of *vahva

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*vahva	*vahvat
accusative		*vahvan	*vahvat
genitive		*vahvan	*vahvadën *vahvoidën
partitive		*vahvada	*vahvoida
inessive		*vahvassa *vahvahna	*vahvoissa *vahvoihna
elative		*vahvasta	*vahvoista
illative		*vahvahën	*vahvoihën
adessive		*vahvalla	*vahvoilla
ablative		*vahvalta	*vahvoilta
allative		*vahvalën *vahvalëk	*vahvoilën *vahvoilëk
essive		*vahvana	*vahvoina
translative		*vahvaksi	*vahvoiksi
instructive		*vahvan	*vahvoin
comitative		*vahvanëk	*vahvoinëk
abessive		*vahvatta	*vahvoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: vahva
• Finnish: vahva
• Ingrian: vahva
• Karelian: vahva
• Livvi: vahvu
• Veps: vahv
• Votic: vahvõ

Further reading

• “vahva”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012