< Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic
Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaha
 | 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
Borrowed from a Baltic language, compare Latvian vasks, Lithuanian vaškas.
Noun
*vaha
- wax
Inflection
Inflection of *vaha
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vaha | *vahat | |
| accusative | *vahan | *vahat | |
| genitive | *vahan | *vahaden *vahoiden | |
| partitive | *vahada | *vahoida | |
| inessive | *vahassa *vahahna | *vahoissa *vahoihna | |
| elative | *vahasta | *vahoista | |
| illative | *vahahen | *vahoihen | |
| adessive | *vahalla | *vahoilla | |
| ablative | *vahalta | *vahoilta | |
| allative | *vahalen *vahalek | *vahoilen *vahoilek | |
| essive | *vahana | *vahoina | |
| translative | *vahaksi | *vahoiksi | |
| instructive | *vahan | *vahoin | |
| comitative | *vahanek | *vahoinek | |
| abessive | *vahatta | *vahoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: vaha
- Finnish: vaha
- Ingrian: vaha
- Karelian: vaha
- Livonian: vǭ’
- Livvi: vaha
- Ludian: vaha
- Veps: vaha
- Võro: vaha
- Votic: vaha
Further reading
- vaha in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN