Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/viisas
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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 Proto-Germanic *wīsaz.
Adjective edit
*viisas
Inflection edit
Inflection of *viisas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *viisas | *viisahët | |
| accusative | *viisahën | *viisahët | |
| genitive | *viisahën | *viisastën *viisahidën | |
| partitive | *viisasta | *viisahita | |
| inessive | *viisahëssa *viisahëhna |
*viisahissa *viisahihna | |
| elative | *viisahësta | *viisahista | |
| illative | *viisahësën | *viisahisën | |
| adessive | *viisahëlla | *viisahilla | |
| ablative | *viisahëlta | *viisahilta | |
| allative | *viisahëlën *viisahëlëk |
*viisahilën *viisahilëk | |
| essive | *viisassa | *viisahina | |
| translative | *viisahëksi | *viisahiksi | |
| instructive | *viisahën | *viisahin | |
| comitative | *viisassëk | *viisahinëk | |
| abessive | *viisahëtta | *viisahitta | |
Descendants edit
- Estonian: viisas (dialectal)
- Finnish: viisas
- Ingrian: viisas
- Karelian: viisas, viisaš, viizaš
- Livvi: viizas
- Ludian: viizaz
- Votic: viizõz
Further reading edit
- “viisakas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012