Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/äges
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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
Etymology
Probably borrowed either from Baltic (compare Lithuanian akečios) or from Proto-Germanic *agiþō;[1] in either case the ultimate origin would be Proto-Indo-European *h₂oḱ-et-eh₂, from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).
Noun
*äges[2]
Inflection
Inflection of *äges
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *äges | *äkehet | |
| accusative | *äkehen | *äkehet | |
| genitive | *äkehen | *ägesten *äkehiden | |
| partitive | *ägestä | *äkehitä | |
| inessive | *äkehessä *äkehehnä |
*äkehissä *äkehihnä | |
| elative | *äkehestä | *äkehistä | |
| illative | *äkehesen | *äkehisen | |
| adessive | *äkehellä | *äkehillä | |
| ablative | *äkeheltä | *äkehiltä | |
| allative | *äkehelen *äkehelek |
*äkehilen *äkehilek | |
| essive | *ägessä | *äkehinä | |
| translative | *äkeheksi | *äkehiksi | |
| instructive | *äkehen | *äkehin | |
| comitative | *ägessek | *äkehinek | |
| abessive | *äkehettä | *äkehittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: äke
- Finnish: äes
- Livonian: ä’ggõz
- Ludian: ägez
- Veps: ägez
- Võro: ? äkl'
- Votic: äez
- → Komi-Zyrian: агас (agas)
References
- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (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
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*äges”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “äke”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012