Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaka

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

From earlier *waka. Cognate with Proto-Samic *vuokē. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

*vaka

1. calm
2. steady, stable

Inflection

Inflection of *vaka

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*vaka	*vagat
accusative		*vagan	*vagat
genitive		*vagan	*vakadën *vakoidën
partitive		*vakada	*vakoida
inessive		*vagassa *vagahna	*vagoissa *vagoihna
elative		*vagasta	*vagoista
illative		*vakahën	*vakoihën
adessive		*vagalla	*vagoilla
ablative		*vagalta	*vagoilta
allative		*vakalën *vakalëk	*vakoilën *vakoilëk
essive		*vakana	*vakoina
translative		*vagaksi	*vagoiksi
instructive		*vagan	*vagoin
comitative		*vakanëk	*vakoinëk
abessive		*vagatta	*vagoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: vaga
• Finnish: vaka (archaic), vakaa
• Ingrian: vaka
• Livonian: vagā
• Võro: vaga
• Votic: vaka

Further reading

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