Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaiva

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 *waiwō, compare Proto-Germanic *waiwô.

Noun

*vaiva[1]

  1. bother, inconvenience
  2. pain, illness, torment

Inflection

Inflection of *vaiva
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vaiva *vaivat
accusative *vaivan *vaivat
genitive *vaivan *vaivadën
*vaivoidën
partitive *vaivada *vaivoida
inessive *vaivassa
*vaivahna 		*vaivoissa
*vaivoihna
elative *vaivasta *vaivoista
illative *vaivahën *vaivoihën
adessive *vaivalla *vaivoilla
ablative *vaivalta *vaivoilta
allative *vaivalën
*vaivalëk 		*vaivoilën
*vaivoilëk
essive *vaivana *vaivoina
translative *vaivaksi *vaivoiksi
instructive *vaivan *vaivoin
comitative *vaivanëk *vaivoinëk
abessive *vaivatta *vaivoitta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: vaev
  • Finnish: vaiva
  • Ingrian: vaiva
  • Karelian: vaiva
  • Livonian: vǭja
  • Livvi: vaivu
  • Ludian: vaive
  • Veps: vaiv
  • Võro: vaiv
  • Votic: vaivõ
  • → Proto-Samic: *vājvē

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*vaiva”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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