Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/venät
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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 *winidaz.
Noun
*venät
Inflection
Inflection of *venät
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *venät | *venädet | |
| accusative | *venäden | *venädet | |
| genitive | *venäden | *venät'en *venäciden | |
| partitive | *venättä | *venäcitä | |
| inessive | *venädessä *venädehnä |
*venäcissä *venäcihnä | |
| elative | *venädestä | *venäcistä | |
| illative | *venädesen | *venäcisen | |
| adessive | *venädellä | *venäcillä | |
| ablative | *venädeltä | *venäciltä | |
| allative | *venädelen *venädelek |
*venäcilen *venäcilek | |
| essive | *venännä | *venäcinä | |
| translative | *venädeksi | *venäciksi | |
| instructive | *venäden | *venäcin | |
| comitative | *venännek | *venäcinek | |
| abessive | *venädettä | *venäcittä | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Estonian: vene, Venemaa
- Finnish: Venäjä, (dialectal) venät, venäh, venää
- Ingrian: vennää, venät
- Karelian:
- Livvi: vena
- Ludian: vena
- Veps: vena
- Votic: vennäi, vennä
Further reading
- “vene”, 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), “Venäjä”, 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