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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vakka

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-Baltic *vāka (whence Latvian vāks and Lithuanian vókas, vóka).

Noun

*vakka[1]

  1. type of wooden container, usually equipped with a close fitting cap
  2. grain measure

Inflection
Inflection of *vakka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vakka *vak'at
accusative *vak'an *vak'at
genitive *vak'an *vakkadën
*vakkoidën
partitive *vakkada *vakkoida
inessive *vak'assa
*vak'ahna		 *vak'oissa
*vak'oihna
elative *vak'asta *vak'oista
illative *vakkahën *vakkoihën
adessive *vak'alla *vak'oilla
ablative *vak'alta *vak'oilta
allative *vakkalën
*vakkalëk		 *vakkoilën
*vakkoilëk
essive *vakkana *vakkoina
translative *vak'aksi *vak'oiksi
instructive *vak'an *vak'oin
comitative *vakkanëk *vakkoinëk
abessive *vak'atta *vak'oitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: vakk
  • Finnish: vakka
  • Ingrian: vakka
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: vakā
  • Livvi: vakku
  • Ludian: vakk
  • Võro: vakk
  • Votic: vakkõ

References
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*vakka”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • “vakk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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