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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaha
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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
From earlier *vakša, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *vakša, later *vaška (whence Latvian vasks, Lithuanian vaškas).
Inflection
Inflection of *vaha
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vaha | *vahat | |
| accusative | *vahan | *vahat | |
| genitive | *vahan | *vahadën *vahoidën | |
| partitive | *vahada | *vahoida | |
| inessive | *vahassa *vahahna |
*vahoissa *vahoihna | |
| elative | *vahasta | *vahoista | |
| illative | *vahahën | *vahoihën | |
| adessive | *vahalla | *vahoilla | |
| ablative | *vahalta | *vahoilta | |
| allative | *vahalën *vahalëk |
*vahoilën *vahoilëk | |
| essive | *vahana | *vahoina | |
| translative | *vahaksi | *vahoiksi | |
| instructive | *vahan | *vahoin | |
| comitative | *vahanëk | *vahoinëk | |
| abessive | *vahatta | *vahoitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- “vaha”, in [ETY] 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), “vaha”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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