Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vako

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 [Term?] (whence Latvian vaga (“furrow”), Lithuanian vaga (“furrow”)).

Noun

*vako[1]

  1. furrow (in soil)

Inflection

Inflection of *vako
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vako *vagot
accusative *vagon *vagot
genitive *vagon *vakodën
*vakoidën
partitive *vakoda *vakoida
inessive *vagossa
*vagohna 		*vagoissa
*vagoihna
elative *vagosta *vagoista
illative *vakohën *vakoihën
adessive *vagolla *vagoilla
ablative *vagolta *vagoilta
allative *vakolën
*vakolëk 		*vakoilën
*vakoilëk
essive *vakona *vakoina
translative *vagoksi *vagoiksi
instructive *vagon *vagoin
comitative *vakonëk *vakoinëk
abessive *vagotta *vagoitta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: vagu
  • Finnish: vako
  • Ingrian: vako
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: vako
    • South Karelian: vago
  • Livonian: (Courland) va'g, (Salaca) vag
  • Livvi: vago
  • Ludian: vago
  • Veps: vago
  • Võro: vago
  • Votic: vako

References

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

Further reading

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