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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vata

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 *wadaz.

Noun

*vata

  1. type of small seine

Inflection
Inflection of *vata
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vata *vadat
accusative *vadan *vadat
genitive *vadan *vatadën
*vatoidën
partitive *vatada *vatoida
inessive *vadassa
*vadahna		 *vadoissa
*vadoihna
elative *vadasta *vadoista
illative *vatahën *vatoihën
adessive *vadalla *vadoilla
ablative *vadalta *vadoilta
allative *vatalën
*vatalëk		 *vatoilën
*vatoilëk
essive *vatana *vatoina
translative *vadaksi *vadoiksi
instructive *vadan *vadoin
comitative *vatanëk *vatoinëk
abessive *vadatta *vadoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: (dialectal) vada
  • Finnish: vata
  • Livonian: vadā
  • Ludian: vada
  • Veps: vada

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