Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaiva
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Proto-Germanic *waiwō, compare Proto-Germanic *waiwô.
Noun
edit*vaiva
Inflection
editInflection 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 | ||
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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