Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaagas

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 early Proto-Norse [script needed] (*wāgaz), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz.^[1]

Noun

*vaagas (Northern Finnic)

wave
Synonyms: *alto, *lainëh
pain
Synonyms: *kipu, *valo

Inflection

Inflection of *vaagas

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*vaagas	*vaakahët
accusative	*vaakahën	*vaakahët
genitive	*vaakahën	vaagastën vaakahidën
partitive	*vaagasta	*vaakahita
inessive	vaakahëssa vaakahëhna	vaakahissa vaakahihna
elative	*vaakahësta	*vaakahista
illative	*vaakahësën	*vaakahisën
adessive	*vaakahëlla	*vaakahilla
ablative	*vaakahëlta	*vaakahilta
allative	vaakahëlën vaakahëlëk	vaakahilën vaakahilëk
essive	*vaagassa	*vaakahina
translative	*vaakahëksi	*vaakahiksi
instructive	*vaakahën	*vaakahin
comitative	*vaagassëk	*vaakahinëk
abessive	*vaakahëtta	*vaakahitta

Descendants

Finnish: (poetic, rare) vaa’as, ⇒? vaakalintu
Karelian:
- North Karelian: (poetic) vuakahat pl

References

^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.

Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vaa’as”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[1] (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

[1] Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.

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