Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/valta

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 1

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waldą.

Noun

*valta

1. might, power, authority

   Synonyms: *voima, *väki

Inflection

Inflection of *valta

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*valta	*valdat
accusative		*valdan	*valdat
genitive		*valdan	*valtadën *valtoidën
partitive		*valtada	*valtoida
inessive		*valdassa *valdahna	*valdoissa *valdoihna
elative		*valdasta	*valdoista
illative		*valtahën	*valtoihën
adessive		*valdalla	*valdoilla
ablative		*valdalta	*valdoilta
allative		*valtalën *valtalëk	*valtoilën *valtoilëk
essive		*valtana	*valtoina
translative		*valdaksi	*valdoiksi
instructive		*valdan	*valdoin
comitative		*valtanëk	*valtoinëk
abessive		*valdatta	*valdoitta

Derived terms

• *valdallinën
• *valdat'oin

Descendants

• Estonian: vald
• Finnish: valta
• Ingrian: valta
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: valta
  • South Karelian: valda
• Livonian: vālda
• Livvi: valdu
• Ludian: vald
• Veps: vald, vaud
• Võro: vald
• Votic: valtõ

Etymology 2

A variant of *vaalëda or *valkëda, akin to Erzya валдо (valdo), Moksha валда (valda). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. explain phonetic development - is there a reason to think this goes back to Proto-Finnic in the first place?

Adjective

*valta

1. white

   Synonym: *valkëda

Inflection

Inflection of *valta

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*valta	*valdat
accusative		*valdan	*valdat
genitive		*valdan	*valtadën *valtoidën
partitive		*valtada	*valtoida
inessive		*valdassa *valdahna	*valdoissa *valdoihna
elative		*valdasta	*valdoista
illative		*valtahën	*valtoihën
adessive		*valdalla	*valdoilla
ablative		*valdalta	*valdoilta
allative		*valtalën *valtalëk	*valtoilën *valtoilëk
essive		*valtana	*valtoina
translative		*valdaksi	*valdoiksi
instructive		*valdan	*valdoin
comitative		*valtanëk	*valtoinëk
abessive		*valdatta	*valdoitta

Descendants

• Livonian:
  • Courland Livonian: vālda
  • Vidzeme Livonian: valda, vald

Further reading

• “vald”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN