Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vasara

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

From Proto-Finno-Permic *waśara, borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ras. Akin also to Proto-Samic *veačērē, Erzya узере (uzere, “axe”), Moksha узерь (uzeŕ, “axe”).

Noun

*vasara[1]

  1. hammer

Inflection

Inflection of *vasara
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vasara *vasarat
accusative *vasaran *vasarat
genitive *vasaran *vasaradën
*vasaroidën
partitive *vasarata *vasaroita
inessive *vasarassa
*vasarahna 		*vasaroissa
*vasaroihna
elative *vasarasta *vasaroista
illative *vasarasën *vasaroisën
adessive *vasaralla *vasaroilla
ablative *vasaralta *vasaroilta
allative *vasaralën
*vasaralëk 		*vasaroilën
*vasaroilëk
essive *vasarana *vasaroina
translative *vasaraksi *vasaroiksi
instructive *vasaran *vasaroin
comitative *vasaranëk *vasaroinëk
abessive *vasaratta *vasaroitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: vasar
  • Finnish: vasara
  • Ingrian: vasara, (dialectal) vassaara
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: vazār
  • Livvi: vazar
  • Ludian: ⇒ vazarain
  • Veps: ⇒ vazaraine
  • Võro: vassar'
  • Votic: vasarõ
  • → Latgalian: vasars
  • → Latvian: veseris

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*vasara”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • “vasar”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (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
  • Joki, Aulis J. (1973) Uralier und Indogermanen [Uralians and Indo-Europeans] (Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia; 151) (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN
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