Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaimo
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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
From earlier *wajma-w, derived from Proto-Uralic *wajŋe. Cognate with Proto-Samic *vuojŋë.
Noun
*vaimo[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *vaimo
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vaimo | *vaimot | |
| accusative | *vaimon | *vaimot | |
| genitive | *vaimon | *vaimodën *vaimoidën | |
| partitive | *vaimoda | *vaimoida | |
| inessive | *vaimossa *vaimohna |
*vaimoissa *vaimoihna | |
| elative | *vaimosta | *vaimoista | |
| illative | *vaimohën | *vaimoihën | |
| adessive | *vaimolla | *vaimoilla | |
| ablative | *vaimolta | *vaimoilta | |
| allative | *vaimolën *vaimolëk |
*vaimoilën *vaimoilëk | |
| essive | *vaimona | *vaimoina | |
| translative | *vaimoksi | *vaimoiksi | |
| instructive | *vaimon | *vaimoin | |
| comitative | *vaimonëk | *vaimoinëk | |
| abessive | *vaimotta | *vaimoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: vaim
- → Livonian: vaim
- Finnish: vaimo
- Ingrian: vaimo
- Võro: vaim
- → Proto-Samic: *vājmō (see there for further descendants)
References
Further reading
- “vaim”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012