Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/valkama
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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
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *wëlka- (“to descend, to go down”) + *-ma.
Noun edit
*valkama
Inflection edit
Inflection of *valkama
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *valkama | *valkamat | |
| accusative | *valkaman | *valkamat | |
| genitive | *valkaman | *valkamadën *valkamoidën | |
| partitive | *valkamata | *valkamoita | |
| inessive | *valkamassa *valkamahna |
*valkamoissa *valkamoihna | |
| elative | *valkamasta | *valkamoista | |
| illative | *valkamasën | *valkamoisën | |
| adessive | *valkamalla | *valkamoilla | |
| ablative | *valkamalta | *valkamoilta | |
| allative | *valkamalën *valkamalëk |
*valkamoilën *valkamoilëk | |
| essive | *valkamana | *valkamoina | |
| translative | *valkamaksi | *valkamoiksi | |
| instructive | *valkaman | *valkamoin | |
| comitative | *valkamanëk | *valkamoinëk | |
| abessive | *valkamatta | *valkamoitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: valgma
- Finnish: valkama
- Karelian:
- Livonian: vālgam, vālgamō
- Livvi: valgamo
- Ludian: valgam
- Veps: valdmad, vougma
Further reading edit
- “valgma”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #1110 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.