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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vasikka

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

From *vasa +‎ *-(i)kka.

Noun

*vasikka

  1. calf (young cow or bull)

Inflection
Inflection of *vasikka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vasikka *vasik'at
accusative *vasik'an *vasik'at
genitive *vasik'an *vasikkadën
*vasikkoidën
partitive *vasikkata *vasikkoita
inessive *vasik'assa
*vasik'ahna		 *vasik'oissa
*vasik'oihna
elative *vasik'asta *vasik'oista
illative *vasikkasën *vasikkoisën
adessive *vasik'alla *vasik'oilla
ablative *vasik'alta *vasik'oilta
allative *vasikkalën
*vasikkalëk		 *vasikkoilën
*vasikkoilëk
essive *vasikkana *vasikkoina
translative *vasik'aksi *vasik'oiksi
instructive *vasik'an *vasik'oin
comitative *vasikkanëk *vasikkoinëk
abessive *vasik'atta *vasik'oitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: vasikas
  • Finnish: vasikka
  • Ingrian: vasikka
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: vasikka
    • South Karelian: vazikka
  • Livonian: (Courland) vā’ški, (Salaca) vaisk
  • Livvi: vazikku
  • Võro: vasik
  • Votic: vazikkõ

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