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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaimo
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *wajŋe. Cognate with Proto-Samic *vuojŋë.
Noun
*vaimo
- spirit, soul
Inflection
Inflection of *vaimo
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *vaimo | *vaimot | |
accusative | *vaimon | *vaimot | |
genitive | *vaimon | *vaimoden *vaimoiden | |
partitive | *vaimoda | *vaimoida | |
inessive | *vaimossa *vaimohna | *vaimoissa *vaimoihna | |
elative | *vaimosta | *vaimoista | |
illative | *vaimohen | *vaimoihen | |
adessive | *vaimolla | *vaimoilla | |
ablative | *vaimolta | *vaimoilta | |
allative | *vaimolen *vaimolek | *vaimoilen *vaimoilek | |
essive | *vaimona | *vaimoina | |
translative | *vaimoksi | *vaimoiksi | |
instructive | *vaimon | *vaimoin | |
comitative | *vaimonek | *vaimoinek | |
abessive | *vaimotta | *vaimoitta |
Descendants
- Estonian: vaim
- → Livonian: vaim
- Finnish: vaimo
- Karelian: vaimo
- Võro: vaim
- → Proto-Samic: *vājmō
Further reading
- vaim in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN