Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vakto

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 *þwahtuz.

Noun

*vakto[1]

  1. foam

Inflection

Inflection of *vakto
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vakto *vaktot
accusative *vakton *vaktot
genitive *vakton *vaktodën
*vaktoidën
partitive *vaktoda *vaktoida
inessive *vaktossa
*vaktohna 		*vaktoissa
*vaktoihna
elative *vaktosta *vaktoista
illative *vaktohën *vaktoihën
adessive *vaktolla *vaktoilla
ablative *vaktolta *vaktoilta
allative *vaktolën
*vaktolëk 		*vaktoilën
*vaktoilëk
essive *vaktona *vaktoina
translative *vaktoksi *vaktoiksi
instructive *vakton *vaktoin
comitative *vaktonëk *vaktoinëk
abessive *vaktotta *vaktoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: vaht
  • Finnish: vaahto, (dialectal) vahto
  • Ingrian: vaahto
  • Karelian: vuahti
  • Livonian: vǭ
  • Livvi: vuahti
  • Ludian: vuahte
  • Veps: vaht
  • Võro: vatt
  • Votic: vaahto

References

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

Further reading

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