Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaksa

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

From Proto-Finno-Permic *waksa. Cognate with Proto-Samic *vuopsē.

Noun

*vaksa[1]

  1. span (unit of measurement)

Inflection

Inflection of *vaksa
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vaksa *vaksat
accusative *vaksan *vaksat
genitive *vaksan *vaksadën
*vaksoidën
partitive *vaksada *vaksoida
inessive *vaksassa
*vaksahna 		*vaksoissa
*vaksoihna
elative *vaksasta *vaksoista
illative *vaksahën *vaksoihën
adessive *vaksalla *vaksoilla
ablative *vaksalta *vaksoilta
allative *vaksalën
*vaksalëk 		*vaksoilën
*vaksoilëk
essive *vaksana *vaksoina
translative *vaksaksi *vaksoiksi
instructive *vaksan *vaksoin
comitative *vaksanëk *vaksoinëk
abessive *vaksatta *vaksoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: vaks
  • Finnish: vaaksa
  • Ingrian: vaaksa
  • Karelian: voaksa
  • Livonian: vaksā
  • Livvi: vuaksu
  • Ludian: voaks
  • Veps: vaks
  • Võro: vass
  • Votic: vaassõ

References

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

Further reading

  • “vaks”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1682 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.