Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vainaga
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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 Proto-Germanic *wainagaz.
Noun
*vainaga
Inflection
Inflection of *vainaga
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vainaga | *vainagat | |
| accusative | *vainagan | *vainagat | |
| genitive | *vainagan | *vainagadën *vainagoidën | |
| partitive | *vainagata | *vainagoita | |
| inessive | *vainagassa *vainagahna |
*vainagoissa *vainagoihna | |
| elative | *vainagasta | *vainagoista | |
| illative | *vainagasën | *vainagoisën | |
| adessive | *vainagalla | *vainagoilla | |
| ablative | *vainagalta | *vainagoilta | |
| allative | *vainagalën *vainagalëk |
*vainagoilën *vainagoilëk | |
| essive | *vainagana | *vainagoina | |
| translative | *vainagaksi | *vainagoiksi | |
| instructive | *vainagan | *vainagoin | |
| comitative | *vainaganëk | *vainagoinëk | |
| abessive | *vainagatta | *vainagoitta | |
Descendants
- ⇒ Estonian: vainu (dialectal, poetic) ("death, the god of underworld")
- Finnish: vainaja, (dialectal) vainaa
- → Northern Sami: váidni
- Karelian: vainoa
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vainaja”, 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