Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaski

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 Proto-Uralic *waśke.

Noun

*vaski

1. copper

Inflection

Inflection of *vaski

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*vaski	*vaskët
accusative		*vaskën	*vaskët
genitive		*vaskën	*vaskëdën *vaskidën
partitive		*vaskëda	*vaskida
inessive		*vaskëssa *vaskëhna	*vaskissa *vaskihna
elative		*vaskësta	*vaskista
illative		*vaskëhën	*vaskihën
adessive		*vaskëlla	*vaskilla
ablative		*vaskëlta	*vaskilta
allative		*vaskëlën *vaskëlëk	*vaskilën *vaskilëk
essive		*vaskëna	*vaskina
translative		*vaskëksi	*vaskiksi
instructive		*vaskën	*vaskin
comitative		*vaskënëk	*vaskinëk
abessive		*vaskëtta	*vaskitta

Coordinate terms

• *rauta

Derived terms

• *vaskicca

Descendants

• Estonian: vask
• Finnish: vaski
• Ingrian: vaski
  • → Votic: vaski
• Karelian: vaski
• Livonian: vašk
• Livvi: vaski
• Ludian: vašk
• Veps: vask
• Võro: vask'
• Votic: (Lempola, Mati) vahtši
  • Krevinian: waske

References

• “vask”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN