Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/valta
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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 1
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waldą or Proto-Norse .
Noun
*valta[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *valta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *valta | *valdat | |
| accusative | *valdan | *valdat | |
| genitive | *valdan | *valtadën *valtoidën | |
| partitive | *valtada | *valtoida | |
| inessive | *valdassa *valdahna |
*valdoissa *valdoihna | |
| elative | *valdasta | *valdoista | |
| illative | *valtahën | *valtoihën | |
| adessive | *valdalla | *valdoilla | |
| ablative | *valdalta | *valdoilta | |
| allative | *valtalën *valtalëk |
*valtoilën *valtoilëk | |
| essive | *valtana | *valtoina | |
| translative | *valdaksi | *valdoiksi | |
| instructive | *valdan | *valdoin | |
| comitative | *valtanëk | *valtoinëk | |
| abessive | *valdatta | *valdoitta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Estonian: vald
- Finnish: valta
- Ingrian: valta
- Karelian:
- Livonian: vālda
- Livvi: valdu
- Ludian: vald
- Veps: vald, vaud
- Võro: vald
- Votic: valtõ
Etymology 2
A variant of *vaalëda or *valkëda, akin to Erzya валдо (valdo), Moksha валда (valda). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. explain phonetic development - is there a reason to think this goes back to Proto-Finnic in the first place?
Adjective
*valta
Inflection
Inflection of *valta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *valta | *valdat | |
| accusative | *valdan | *valdat | |
| genitive | *valdan | *valtadën *valtoidën | |
| partitive | *valtada | *valtoida | |
| inessive | *valdassa *valdahna |
*valdoissa *valdoihna | |
| elative | *valdasta | *valdoista | |
| illative | *valtahën | *valtoihën | |
| adessive | *valdalla | *valdoilla | |
| ablative | *valdalta | *valdoilta | |
| allative | *valtalën *valtalëk |
*valtoilën *valtoilëk | |
| essive | *valtana | *valtoina | |
| translative | *valdaksi | *valdoiksi | |
| instructive | *valdan | *valdoin | |
| comitative | *valtanëk | *valtoinëk | |
| abessive | *valdatta | *valdoitta | |
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “vald”, 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), 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