Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/viisas

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 *wīsaz.

Adjective

*viisas[1]

  1. wise
  2. cunning

Inflection

Inflection of *viisas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *viisas *viisahët
accusative *viisahën *viisahët
genitive *viisahën *viisastën
*viisahidën
partitive *viisasta *viisahita
inessive *viisahëssa
*viisahëhna 		*viisahissa
*viisahihna
elative *viisahësta *viisahista
illative *viisahësën *viisahisën
adessive *viisahëlla *viisahilla
ablative *viisahëlta *viisahilta
allative *viisahëlën
*viisahëlëk 		*viisahilën
*viisahilëk
essive *viisassa *viisahina
translative *viisahëksi *viisahiksi
instructive *viisahën *viisahin
comitative *viisassëk *viisahinëk
abessive *viisahëtta *viisahitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: viisas (dialectal)
  • Finnish: viisas
  • Ingrian: viisas
  • Karelian: viisas, viisaš, viizaš
  • Livvi: viizas
  • Ludian: viizaz
  • Votic: viizõz

References

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

Further reading

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