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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vatnas
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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
Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (compare Old Norse vangsni (“plowshare”)).
Inflection
Inflection of *vatnas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vatnas | *vatnahët | |
| accusative | *vatnahën | *vatnahët | |
| genitive | *vatnahën | *vatnastën *vatnahidën | |
| partitive | *vatnasta | *vatnahita | |
| inessive | *vatnahëssa *vatnahëhna |
*vatnahissa *vatnahihna | |
| elative | *vatnahësta | *vatnahista | |
| illative | *vatnahësën | *vatnahisën | |
| adessive | *vatnahëlla | *vatnahilla | |
| ablative | *vatnahëlta | *vatnahilta | |
| allative | *vatnahëlën *vatnahëlëk |
*vatnahilën *vatnahilëk | |
| essive | *vatnassa | *vatnahina | |
| translative | *vatnahëksi | *vatnahiksi | |
| instructive | *vatnahën | *vatnahin | |
| comitative | *vatnassëk | *vatnahinëk | |
| abessive | *vatnahëtta | *vatnahitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- “vannas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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