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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/valkeda
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *wëlketa. Cognates include Eastern Mari волгыдо (volgydo, “light”) and Proto-Samic *vielkëtē.
Adjective
*valkeda
- white
Inflection
Inflection of *valkeda
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 | *valkeda | *valkedat | |
accusative | *valkedan | *valkedat | |
genitive | *valkedan | *valkedaden *valkedeiden | |
partitive | *valkedata | *valkedeita | |
inessive | *valkedassa *valkedahna | *valkedeissa *valkedeihna | |
elative | *valkedasta | *valkedeista | |
illative | *valkedasen | *valkedeisen | |
adessive | *valkedalla | *valkedeilla | |
ablative | *valkedalta | *valkedeilta | |
allative | *valkedalen *valkedalek | *valkedeilen *valkedeilek | |
essive | *valkedana | *valkedeina | |
translative | *valkedaksi | *valkedeiksi | |
instructive | *valkedan | *valkedein | |
comitative | *valkedanek | *valkedeinek | |
abessive | *valkedatta | *valkedeitta |
Descendants
- Estonian: valge
- Finnish: valkea
- Ingrian: valkia
- Karelian: valkie, valgie
- Livonian: vālda
- Livvi: valgei
- Ludian: valged
- Veps: vauged
- Võro: valgõ
- Votic: valka
Derived terms
- *valkedus
- *valget'ak
- *valkoi
Related terms
- *vaaleda
- *valo
- *valta (“white”)
- *välkedä
References
- valge in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN