Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vagas
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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
Unknown. Possibly someway derived from *vaka or *vakka, or alternatively, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *vaikas (whence Lithuanian vaikas), but this is uncertain due to the phonetic issues.
Noun
*vagas[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *vagas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vagas | *vakahët | |
| accusative | *vakahën | *vakahët | |
| genitive | *vakahën | *vagastën *vakahidën | |
| partitive | *vagasta | *vakahita | |
| inessive | *vakahëssa *vakahëhna |
*vakahissa *vakahihna | |
| elative | *vakahësta | *vakahista | |
| illative | *vakahësën | *vakahisën | |
| adessive | *vakahëlla | *vakahilla | |
| ablative | *vakahëlta | *vakahilta | |
| allative | *vakahëlën *vakahëlëk |
*vakahilën *vakahilëk | |
| essive | *vagassa | *vakahina | |
| translative | *vakahëksi | *vakahiksi | |
| instructive | *vakahën | *vakahin | |
| comitative | *vagassëk | *vakahinëk | |
| abessive | *vakahëtta | *vakahitta | |
Descendants
From *vagas:
- Votic: ⇒ vagazlahsi (Mati) (+ lahsi)
From *vakahainën (derived with *-inën):
- Estonian: (dialectal) vagane laps
- Finnish: (archaic, dialectal) vakahainen, vakahinen, vakainen, vakkainen
- Ingrian: vakahain
- Karelian:
- Livvi: vagahaine
- Ludian: vagahaine
- Veps: vagahaine
References
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vakahainen”, 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