Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vata
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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 *wadaz.
Noun
*vata[1]
- type of small seine
Inflection
Inflection of *vata
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vata | *vadat | |
| accusative | *vadan | *vadat | |
| genitive | *vadan | *vatadën *vatoidën | |
| partitive | *vatada | *vatoida | |
| inessive | *vadassa *vadahna |
*vadoissa *vadoihna | |
| elative | *vadasta | *vadoista | |
| illative | *vatahën | *vatoihën | |
| adessive | *vadalla | *vadoilla | |
| ablative | *vadalta | *vadoilta | |
| allative | *vatalën *vatalëk |
*vatoilën *vatoilëk | |
| essive | *vatana | *vatoina | |
| translative | *vadaksi | *vadoiksi | |
| instructive | *vadan | *vadoin | |
| comitative | *vatanëk | *vatoinëk | |
| abessive | *vadatta | *vadoitta | |
Descendants
References
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vata”, 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