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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/valta
Proto-Finnic
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waldą.
Noun
*valta
- might, power, authority
Synonyms
- *voima
- *väki
Derived terms
- *valdallinen
- *valdat'oin
Descendants
- Estonian: vald
- Finnish: valta
- Ingrian: valta
- Karelian: valta, valda
- Livonian: vālda
- Livvi: valdu
- Ludian: vald
- Veps: vald, vaud
- Votic: valtõ
Etymology 2
A variant of *vaaleda or *valkeda, akin to Erzya валдо (valdo), Moksha валда (valda).
Adjective
*valta
- white
Synonyms
- *valkeda
Descendants
- Livonian: vālda
References
- vald 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