Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/väkä
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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
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wēgō.
Noun
*väkä
- (Northern Finnic) barb (point that stands backward in a fishhook, etc)
Inflection
Inflection of *väkä
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *väkä | *vägät | |
| accusative | *vägän | *vägät | |
| genitive | *vägän | *väkäden *väkeiden | |
| partitive | *väkädä | *väkeidä | |
| inessive | *vägässä *vägähnä |
*vägeissä *vägeihnä | |
| elative | *vägästä | *vägeistä | |
| illative | *väkähen | *väkeihen | |
| adessive | *vägällä | *vägeillä | |
| ablative | *vägältä | *vägeiltä | |
| allative | *väkälen *väkälek |
*väkeilen *väkeilek | |
| essive | *väkänä | *väkeinä | |
| translative | *vägäksi | *vägeiksi | |
| instructive | *vägän | *vägein | |
| comitative | *väkänek | *väkeinek | |
| abessive | *vägättä | *vägeittä | |
Descendants
From *väkä:
From *väkä-inen:
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “väkä”, in 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