Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaiva
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waiwō, compare Proto-Germanic *waiwô.
Noun edit
*vaiva
Inflection edit
Inflection of *vaiva
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vaiva | *vaivat | |
| accusative | *vaivan | *vaivat | |
| genitive | *vaivan | *vaivadën *vaivoidën | |
| partitive | *vaivada | *vaivoida | |
| inessive | *vaivassa *vaivahna |
*vaivoissa *vaivoihna | |
| elative | *vaivasta | *vaivoista | |
| illative | *vaivahën | *vaivoihën | |
| adessive | *vaivalla | *vaivoilla | |
| ablative | *vaivalta | *vaivoilta | |
| allative | *vaivalën *vaivalëk |
*vaivoilën *vaivoilëk | |
| essive | *vaivana | *vaivoina | |
| translative | *vaivaksi | *vaivoiksi | |
| instructive | *vaivan | *vaivoin | |
| comitative | *vaivanëk | *vaivoinëk | |
| abessive | *vaivatta | *vaivoitta | |
Derived terms edit
- ? *vaikëda
Descendants edit
- Estonian: vaev
- Finnish: vaiva
- Ingrian: vaiva
- Karelian: vaiva
- Livonian: vǭja
- Livvi: vaivu
- Ludian: vaive
- Veps: vaiv
- Võro: vaiv
- Votic: vaivõ
- → Proto-Samic: *vājvē
Further reading edit
- “vaev”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012