Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vajot'ak
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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
Proto-Finno-Ugric *waja- + *-ot'ak. Cognates include Northern Sami vuodjut, Erzya and Moksha ваямс (vajams), Udmurt выйыны (vyjyny), Northern Mansi (uj-) and possibly Hungarian vejsze.
Verb
Inflection
Inflection of *vajot'ak
| Note: The Proto-Finnic conjugation system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | ||||
| present | past | imperative | optative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sing. | *vajodan | *vajocin | — | *vajotkon |
| 2nd sing. | *vajodat | *vajocit | *vajodak | *vajotkos |
| 3rd sing. | *vajodapi *vajot |
*vajoci | *vajotkasën | *vajotkosën |
| 1st plur. | *vajodakmëk *vajodakmak |
*vajocimëk *vajocimak |
*vajotkatëmëk *vajotkatamak |
*vajotkotëmëk *vajotkotamak |
| 2nd plur. | *vajodaktëk *vajodaktak |
*vajocidëk *vajocidak |
*vajotkatë *vajotkata |
*vajotkot'ëk *vajotkotadak |
| 3rd plur. | *vajodabat *vajot |
*vajoci | *vajotkasën | *vajotkosën |
| passive | *vajodaksën *vajodat'aksën |
*vajottisën *vajodattihën |
*vajottakahën *vajodattagasën |
*vajottakohën *vajodattagosën |
| connegative | *vajodak | — | *vajotkak | *vajotkok |
| passive connegative | *vajodaktak | — | *vajottagak *vajodattagak |
*vajottagok *vajodattagok |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
| 1st sing. | *vajodakcin | *vajocicin | *vajonnën | |
| 2nd sing. | *vajodakcit | *vajocicit | *vajonnët | |
| 3rd sing. | *vajodakci | *vajocici | *vajonni | |
| 1st plur. | *vajodakcimëk *vajodakcimak |
*vajocicimëk *vajocicimak |
*vajonnëmëk *vajonnëmak | |
| 2nd plur. | *vajodakcidëk *vajodakcidak |
*vajocicidëk *vajocicidak |
*vajonnëdëk *vajonnëdak | |
| 3rd plur. | *vajodakci | *vajocici | *vajonni | |
| passive | *vajot'akcihën *vajodat'akcisën |
*vajotticihën *vajodatticisën |
*vajottanëhën *vajodattanësën | |
| connegative | *vajodakcik | *vajocicik | *vajonnëk | |
| passive connegative | *vajot'akcik *vajodat'akcik |
*vajotticik *vajodatticik |
*vajottanëk *vajodattanëk | |
| non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
| active | passive | |||
| infinitive 1 | *vajot'ak | present | *vajodapa | *vajottapa *vajodattaba |
| infinitive 2 | *vajottë- | past | *vajonnut | *vajottu *vajodattu |
| gerund/supine | *vajodama | |||
| action noun | *vajodaminen | |||
Descendants
- Estonian: vajuma
- Finnish: vajota
- Ingrian: vajota
- Karelian:
- Livonian: vaʾjjõ
- Ludian: vajoda
- Veps: vajuda
- Votic: (Mati) vajoota
Related terms
References
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vajota”, 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
- “vajuma”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012