Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vähä
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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
From Proto-Finno-Permic *wäšä. Cognate with Erzya вишка (viška), веженсь (vežeńś).
Adverb
*vähä[1]
Adjective
*vähä[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *vähä
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vähä | *vähät | |
| accusative | *vähän | *vähät | |
| genitive | *vähän | *vähäden *väheiden | |
| partitive | *vähädä | *väheidä | |
| inessive | *vähässä *vähähnä |
*väheissä *väheihnä | |
| elative | *vähästä | *väheistä | |
| illative | *vähähen | *väheihen | |
| adessive | *vähällä | *väheillä | |
| ablative | *vähältä | *väheiltä | |
| allative | *vähälen *vähälek |
*väheilen *väheilek | |
| essive | *vähänä | *väheinä | |
| translative | *vähäksi | *väheiksi | |
| instructive | *vähän | *vähein | |
| comitative | *vähänek | *väheinek | |
| abessive | *vähättä | *väheittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: vähe
- Finnish: vähä
- → Northern Sami: veahá
- Ingrian: vähä
- Karelian: vähä
- Livvi: vähä
- Ludian: vähä
- Veps: vähä
- Võro: vähä
- Votic: vähä
References
Further reading
- “vähe”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012