Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/väkä

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-Germanic *wēgō.

Noun

*väkä

  1. (Northern Finnic) barb (point that stands backward in a fishhook, etc)

Inflection

Descendants

From *väkä:

  • Finnish: väkä
  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: vägä
  • Livvi: vägä

From *väkä-inen:

  • Finnish: väkänen
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: vägäni
    • South Karelian: vägäne

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “väkä”, 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