Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vakja

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 either Proto-Germanic *wagjaz, or Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian vadzis, Lithuanian vagis).

Noun

*vakja[1]

  1. wedge
  2. stake, pile

Declension

Inflection of *vakja
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vakja *vakjat
accusative *vakjan *vakjat
genitive *vakjan *vakjadën
*vakjoidën
partitive *vakjada *vakjoida
inessive *vakjassa
*vakjahna 		*vakjoissa
*vakjoihna
elative *vakjasta *vakjoista
illative *vakjahën *vakjoihën
adessive *vakjalla *vakjoilla
ablative *vakjalta *vakjoilta
allative *vakjalën
*vakjalëk 		*vakjoilën
*vakjoilëk
essive *vakjana *vakjoina
translative *vakjaksi *vakjoiksi
instructive *vakjan *vakjoin
comitative *vakjanëk *vakjoinëk
abessive *vakjatta *vakjoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: vai
  • Finnish: vaaja
  • Ingrian: vaakia
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: vuakie
    • South Karelian: vuagie
  • Livonian: vaigā
  • Võro: vag'a, vagja
  • Votic: vadʹdʹõ

References

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

Further reading

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