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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

*vakka[1]

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

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*vakka”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading edit

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