Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vajëh
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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
Probably from Proto-Finno-Permic *waješe-, or from the same root as *vajaga, *vajot'ak (with + *-ëh).
Noun
Inflection
Inflection of *vajëh
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vajëh | *vajëhët | |
| accusative | *vajëhën | *vajëhët | |
| genitive | *vajëhën | *vajëhtën *vajëhidën | |
| partitive | *vajëhta | *vajëhita | |
| inessive | *vajëhëssa *vajëhëhna |
*vajëhissa *vajëhihna | |
| elative | *vajëhësta | *vajëhista | |
| illative | *vajëhësën | *vajëhisën | |
| adessive | *vajëhëlla | *vajëhilla | |
| ablative | *vajëhëlta | *vajëhilta | |
| allative | *vajëhëlën *vajëhëlëk |
*vajëhilën *vajëhilëk | |
| essive | *vajëhëna | *vajëhina | |
| translative | *vajëhëksi | *vajëhiksi | |
| instructive | *vajëhën | *vajëhin | |
| comitative | *vajëhënëk | *vajëhinëk | |
| abessive | *vajëhëtta | *vajëhitta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Estonian: vahe
- Finnish: vaihe
- Livonian: ⇒ va’it
- Livvi: vajeh
- Ludian: vajeh
- Veps: vajeh
- Võro: vaheq
- Votic: vahõ
References
Further reading
- “vahe”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vaihe”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN