Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaino
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Early Old East Slavic воина (voina), from Proto-Slavic *vojьna. Alternatively, and less likely, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian vaina).
Noun
*vaino[1]
- hostility, hatred, persecution
- war
- Synonym: *sota
Inflection
Inflection of *vaino
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vaino | *vainot | |
| accusative | *vainon | *vainot | |
| genitive | *vainon | *vainodën *vainoidën | |
| partitive | *vainoda | *vainoida | |
| inessive | *vainossa *vainohna |
*vainoissa *vainoihna | |
| elative | *vainosta | *vainoista | |
| illative | *vainohën | *vainoihën | |
| adessive | *vainolla | *vainoilla | |
| ablative | *vainolta | *vainoilta | |
| allative | *vainolën *vainolëk |
*vainoilën *vainoilëk | |
| essive | *vainona | *vainoina | |
| translative | *vainoksi | *vainoiksi | |
| instructive | *vainon | *vainoin | |
| comitative | *vainonëk | *vainoinëk | |
| abessive | *vainotta | *vainoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: vaen
- Finnish: vaino
- → Northern Sami: váidnu
- → Inari Sami: váinu
- → Skolt Sami: väinn
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: >? (folk poetic) vaino
- Võro: vain
Further reading
- “vaen”, 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), “vaino”, in 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