< Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic
Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vasa
 | 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 Proto-Iranian *wacáh (“yearling calf”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”). Other Uralic words from the same source include Erzya ваз (vaz), Moksha ваз (vaz) (both 'calf'), Mansi ва̄сиг (vāsig, “moose calf”).
Noun
*vasa
- calf
Inflection
Inflection of *vasa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vasa | *vasat | |
| accusative | *vasan | *vasat | |
| genitive | *vasan | *vasaden *vasoiden | |
| partitive | *vasada | *vasoida | |
| inessive | *vasassa *vasahna | *vasoissa *vasoihna | |
| elative | *vasasta | *vasoista | |
| illative | *vasahen | *vasoihen | |
| adessive | *vasalla | *vasoilla | |
| ablative | *vasalta | *vasoilta | |
| allative | *vasalen *vasalek | *vasoilen *vasoilek | |
| essive | *vasana | *vasoina | |
| translative | *vasaksi | *vasoiksi | |
| instructive | *vasan | *vasoin | |
| comitative | *vasanek | *vasoinek | |
| abessive | *vasatta | *vasoitta | |
Derived terms
- *vasikka
Descendants
- Finnish: vasa
- Karelian: vasa, vaza
- Livvi: vaza
- Ludian: vaza
- Veps: vaza
- Votic: (Kattila) vasa