Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/valëh

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

Probably from *vala +‎ *-ëh.[1] Alternatively, and less likely, derived from *valadak with the same suffix.

Noun

*valëh[2]

  1. lie, untruth

Inflection

Inflection of *valëh
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *valëh *valëhët
accusative *valëhën *valëhët
genitive *valëhën *valëhtën
*valëhidën
partitive *valëhta *valëhita
inessive *valëhëssa
*valëhëhna 		*valëhissa
*valëhihna
elative *valëhësta *valëhista
illative *valëhësën *valëhisën
adessive *valëhëlla *valëhilla
ablative *valëhëlta *valëhilta
allative *valëhëlën
*valëhëlëk 		*valëhilën
*valëhilëk
essive *valëhëna *valëhina
translative *valëhëksi *valëhiksi
instructive *valëhën *valëhin
comitative *valëhënëk *valëhinëk
abessive *valëhëtta *valëhitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: vale
  • Finnish: valhe, vale
  • Ingrian: vale
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: valeh
  • Ludian: valeh
  • Votic: valõ

Further reading

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

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “valhe”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 31 December 2022
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*valëh”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)
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