Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vainaga
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wainagaz.
Noun
[edit]*vainaga
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *vainaga
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *vainaga | *vainagat | |
accusative | *vainagan | *vainagat | |
genitive | *vainagan | *vainagadën *vainagoidën | |
partitive | *vainagata | *vainagoita | |
inessive | *vainagassa *vainagahna |
*vainagoissa *vainagoihna | |
elative | *vainagasta | *vainagoista | |
illative | *vainagasën | *vainagoisën | |
adessive | *vainagalla | *vainagoilla | |
ablative | *vainagalta | *vainagoilta | |
allative | *vainagalën *vainagalëk |
*vainagoilën *vainagoilëk | |
essive | *vainagana | *vainagoina | |
translative | *vainagaksi | *vainagoiksi | |
instructive | *vainagan | *vainagoin | |
comitative | *vainaganëk | *vainagoinëk | |
abessive | *vainagatta | *vainagoitta |
Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ Estonian: vainu (dialectal, poetic) ("death, the god of underworld")
- Finnish: vainaja, (dialectal) vainaa
- → Northern Sami: váidni
- Karelian: vainoa
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vainaja”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN