Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaka

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

Unknown. Cognate with Proto-Samic *vuokē (suggesting earlier *waka).

Adjective

*vaka[1]

  1. calm
  2. steady, stable

Inflection

Inflection of *vaka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vaka *vagat
accusative *vagan *vagat
genitive *vagan *vakadën
*vakoidën
partitive *vakada *vakoida
inessive *vagassa
*vagahna 		*vagoissa
*vagoihna
elative *vagasta *vagoista
illative *vakahën *vakoihën
adessive *vagalla *vagoilla
ablative *vagalta *vagoilta
allative *vakalën
*vakalëk 		*vakoilën
*vakoilëk
essive *vakana *vakoina
translative *vagaksi *vagoiksi
instructive *vagan *vagoin
comitative *vakanëk *vakoinëk
abessive *vagatta *vagoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: vaga
  • Finnish: vakaa, (archaic) vaka
  • Ingrian: vaka
  • Livonian: vagā
  • Võro: vaga
  • Votic: vaka
  • →⇒ Old Novgorodian: Вага (Vaga)

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*vaka”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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