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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vainaga

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 *wainagaz.

Noun

*vainaga

  1. deceased, dead person

Inflection
Inflection of *vainaga
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vainaga *vainagat
accusative *vainagan *vainagat
genitive *vainagan *vainagadën
*vainagoidën
partitive *vainagata *vainagoita
inessive *vainagassa
*vainagahna		 *vainagoissa
*vainagoihna
elative *vainagasta *vainagoista
illative *vainagasën *vainagoisën
adessive *vainagalla *vainagoilla
ablative *vainagalta *vainagoilta
allative *vainagalën
*vainagalëk		 *vainagoilën
*vainagoilëk
essive *vainagana *vainagoina
translative *vainagaksi *vainagoiksi
instructive *vainagan *vainagoin
comitative *vainaganëk *vainagoinëk
abessive *vainagatta *vainagoitta

Descendants
  • ⇒ Estonian: vainu (dialectal, poetic) ("death, the god of underworld")
  • Finnish: vainaja, (dialectal) vainaa
    • → Northern Sami: váidni
  • Karelian: vainoa

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vainaja”, 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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