Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vatvodak
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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
Verb
Inflection
Inflection of *vatvodak
| 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. | *vatvon | *vatvoin | — | *vatvogon |
| 2nd sing. | *vatvot | *vatvoit | *vatvok | *vatvogos |
| 3rd sing. | *vatvobi *vatvo |
*vatvoi | *vatvogasën | *vatvogosën |
| 1st plur. | *vatvokmëk *vatvokmak |
*vatvoimëk *vatvoimak |
*vatvogatëmëk *vatvogatamak |
*vatvogotëmëk *vatvogotamak |
| 2nd plur. | *vatvoktëk *vatvoktak |
*vatvoidëk *vatvoidak |
*vatvogatë *vatvogata |
*vatvogot'ëk *vatvogotadak |
| 3rd plur. | *vatvobat *vatvo |
*vatvoi | *vatvogasën | *vatvogosën |
| passive | *vatvoksën *vatvot'aksën |
*vatvodisën *vatvottisën |
*vatvodakahën *vatvottakahën |
*vatvodakohën *vatvottakohën |
| connegative | *vatvok | — | *vatvogak | *vatvogok |
| passive connegative | *vatvoktak | — | *vatvodagak *vatvottagak |
*vatvodagok *vatvottagok |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
| 1st sing. | *vatvokcin | *vatvoicin | *vatvonën | |
| 2nd sing. | *vatvokcit | *vatvoicit | *vatvonët | |
| 3rd sing. | *vatvokci | *vatvoici | *vatvoni | |
| 1st plur. | *vatvokcimëk *vatvokcimak |
*vatvoicimëk *vatvoicimak |
*vatvonëmëk *vatvonëmak | |
| 2nd plur. | *vatvokcidëk *vatvokcidak |
*vatvoicidëk *vatvoicidak |
*vatvonëdëk *vatvonëdak | |
| 3rd plur. | *vatvokci | *vatvoici | *vatvoni | |
| passive | *vatvodakcihën *vatvot'akcihën |
*vatvodicihën *vatvotticihën |
*vatvodanëhën *vatvottanëhën | |
| connegative | *vatvokcik | *vatvoicik | *vatvonëk | |
| passive connegative | *vatvodakcik *vatvot'akcik |
*vatvodicik *vatvotticik |
*vatvodanëk *vatvottanëk | |
| non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
| active | passive | |||
| infinitive 1 | *vatvodak | present | *vatvoba | *vatvodapa *vatvottapa |
| infinitive 2 | *vatvodë- | past | *vatvonut | *vatvodu *vatvottu |
| gerund/supine | *vatvoma | |||
| action noun | *vatvominen | |||
Descendants
- Estonian: (dialectal) vaduma/vaduda
- Finnish: vatvoa
- Karelian:
- >? Livonian: va’ddõ
- Livvi: vadvuo
- Ludian: vadvoda
- Veps: vaduda
- Votic: vadvoa
References
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vatvoa”, 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