Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vësa
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Unknown.
Noun
*vësa[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *vësa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vësa | *vësat | |
| accusative | *vësan | *vësat | |
| genitive | *vësan | *vësadën *vësoidën | |
| partitive | *vësada | *vësoida | |
| inessive | *vësassa *vësahna |
*vësoissa *vësoihna | |
| elative | *vësasta | *vësoista | |
| illative | *vësahën | *vësoihën | |
| adessive | *vësalla | *vësoilla | |
| ablative | *vësalta | *vësoilta | |
| allative | *vësalën *vësalëk |
*vësoilën *vësoilëk | |
| essive | *vësana | *vësoina | |
| translative | *vësaksi | *vësoiksi | |
| instructive | *vësan | *vësoin | |
| comitative | *vësanëk | *vësoinëk | |
| abessive | *vësatta | *vësoitta | |
Derived terms
- *vësodak
Descendants
- Estonian: võsa
- Finnish: vesa
- → Northern Sami: vesá
- Ingrian: vesa
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: veša
- South Karelian: veža
- Livonian: võzā
- Livvi: veza
- Ludian: veza
- Veps: veza
- Võro: ⇒ võso
- Votic: võsa
References
Further reading
- “võsa”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012