Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vakka

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

Borrowed from Proto-Baltic *vāka (whence Latvian vāks and Lithuanian vókas, vóka).

Noun

*vakka

1. type of wooden container, usually equipped with a close fitting cap
2. grain measure

Inflection

Inflection of *vakka

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*vakka	*vak'at
accusative		*vak'an	*vak'at
genitive		*vak'an	*vakkadën *vakkoidën
partitive		*vakkada	*vakkoida
inessive		*vak'assa *vak'ahna	*vak'oissa *vak'oihna
elative		*vak'asta	*vak'oista
illative		*vakkahën	*vakkoihën
adessive		*vak'alla	*vak'oilla
ablative		*vak'alta	*vak'oilta
allative		*vakkalën *vakkalëk	*vakkoilën *vakkoilëk
essive		*vakkana	*vakkoina
translative		*vak'aksi	*vak'oiksi
instructive		*vak'an	*vak'oin
comitative		*vakkanëk	*vakkoinëk
abessive		*vak'atta	*vak'oitta

Descendants

• Estonian: vakk
• Finnish: vakka
• Ingrian: vakka
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: vakka
  • South Karelian: vakka
• Livonian: vakā
• Livvi: vakku
• Ludian: vakk
• Võro: vakk
• Votic: vakkõ

Further reading

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