Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaat'ëk
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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
Possibly borrowed from (Northwest) Proto-Germanic *wādiz + *-ëk. According to LÄGLOS, a Germanic origin is very likely, but a Proto-Germanic origin is uncertain; the word could instead be a later Germanic borrowing.[1]
Noun
*vaat'ëk
Inflection
Inflection of *vaat'ëk
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vaat'ëk | *vaattëgët | |
| accusative | *vaattëgën | *vaattëgët | |
| genitive | *vaattëgën | *vaattëgëdën *vaattëgidën | |
| partitive | *vaattëgëta | *vaattëgita | |
| inessive | *vaattëgëssa *vaattëgëhna |
*vaattëgissa *vaattëgihna | |
| elative | *vaattëgësta | *vaattëgista | |
| illative | *vaattëgësën | *vaattëgisën | |
| adessive | *vaattëgëlla | *vaattëgilla | |
| ablative | *vaattëgëlta | *vaattëgilta | |
| allative | *vaattëgëlën *vaattëgëlëk |
*vaattëgilën *vaattëgilëk | |
| essive | *vaattëgëna | *vaattëgina | |
| translative | *vaattëgëksi | *vaattëgiksi | |
| instructive | *vaattëgën | *vaattëgin | |
| comitative | *vaattëgënëk | *vaattëginëk | |
| abessive | *vaattëgëtta | *vaattëgitta | |
Descendants
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), “vaate”, 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