Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaagas
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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 early Proto-Norse (*wāgaz), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz.[1]
Noun
*vaagas (Northern Finnic)
Inflection
Inflection of *vaagas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vaagas | *vaakahët | |
| accusative | *vaakahën | *vaakahët | |
| genitive | *vaakahën | *vaagastën *vaakahidën | |
| partitive | *vaagasta | *vaakahita | |
| inessive | *vaakahëssa *vaakahëhna |
*vaakahissa *vaakahihna | |
| elative | *vaakahësta | *vaakahista | |
| illative | *vaakahësën | *vaakahisën | |
| adessive | *vaakahëlla | *vaakahilla | |
| ablative | *vaakahëlta | *vaakahilta | |
| allative | *vaakahëlën *vaakahëlëk |
*vaakahilën *vaakahilëk | |
| essive | *vaagassa | *vaakahina | |
| translative | *vaakahëksi | *vaakahiksi | |
| instructive | *vaakahën | *vaakahin | |
| comitative | *vaagassëk | *vaakahinëk | |
| abessive | *vaakahëtta | *vaakahitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: (poetic, rare) vaa’as, ⇒? vaakalintu
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: (poetic) vuakahat pl
References
- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vaa’as”, 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