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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *wäke.
Noun
*väki[1]
- strength, power
- Synonyms: *valta, *voima
- people, folk
- Synonyms: *kansa, *rahvas
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*väki
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*väget
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accusative
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*vägen
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*väget
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genitive
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*vägen
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*väkeden *väkiden
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partitive
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*väkedä
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*väkidä
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inessive
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*vägessä *vägehnä
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*vägissä *vägihnä
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elative
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*vägestä
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*vägistä
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illative
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*väkehen
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*väkihen
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adessive
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*vägellä
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*vägillä
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ablative
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*vägeltä
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*vägiltä
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allative
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*väkelen *väkelek
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*väkilen *väkilek
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essive
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*väkenä
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*väkinä
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translative
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*vägeksi
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*vägiksi
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instructive
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*vägen
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*vägin
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comitative
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*väkenek
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*väkinek
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abessive
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*vägettä
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*vägittä
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*väki”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary] (in Finnish)