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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaikka

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 *waikwaz.

Adjective

*vaikka[1]

  1. quiet
Declension
Descendants
  • Estonian: vaik, vaikne
  • Finnish: vaieta, (dialectal) vaiketa
  • Ingrian: vaiketa
  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: vaikkane
  • Livvi: vaikkaine
  • Ludian: vaikkani
  • Veps: vaikne
  • Võro: vaiklik
Further reading
  • vaikne”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

Etymology 2

Probably from or akin to *vai, with + *-ka; perhaps roughly *vai + *-ka; the dialectal Finnish variant vaihka may hint at why this particle has a geminate *-kk-.

Conjunction

*vaikka (Northern Finnic)

  1. although, even though, even if
Descendants

References

  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*vaikka”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)
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