Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vakja

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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 either Proto-Germanic *wagjaz, or Proto-Baltic (whence Latvian vadzis, Lithuanian vagis).

Noun

*vakja[1]

  1. wedge
  2. stake, pile

Declension

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*vakja”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • vai”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012