Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vakja
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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 either Proto-Germanic *wagjaz, or Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian vadzis, Lithuanian vagis).
Noun edit
*vakja[1]
Declension edit
Inflection of *vakja
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vakja | *vakjat | |
| accusative | *vakjan | *vakjat | |
| genitive | *vakjan | *vakjadën *vakjoidën | |
| partitive | *vakjada | *vakjoida | |
| inessive | *vakjassa *vakjahna |
*vakjoissa *vakjoihna | |
| elative | *vakjasta | *vakjoista | |
| illative | *vakjahën | *vakjoihën | |
| adessive | *vakjalla | *vakjoilla | |
| ablative | *vakjalta | *vakjoilta | |
| allative | *vakjalën *vakjalëk |
*vakjoilën *vakjoilëk | |
| essive | *vakjana | *vakjoina | |
| translative | *vakjaksi | *vakjoiksi | |
| instructive | *vakjan | *vakjoin | |
| comitative | *vakjanëk | *vakjoinëk | |
| abessive | *vakjatta | *vakjoitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: vai
- Finnish: vaaja
- Ingrian: vaakia
- Karelian:
- Livonian: vaigā
- Võro: vag'a, vagja
- Votic: vadʹdʹõ
References edit
Further reading edit
- “vai”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012