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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vatnas

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (compare Old Norse vangsni (“plowshare”)).

Noun

*vatnas

  1. plowshare

Inflection
Inflection of *vatnas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vatnas *vatnahët
accusative *vatnahën *vatnahët
genitive *vatnahën *vatnastën
*vatnahidën
partitive *vatnasta *vatnahita
inessive *vatnahëssa
*vatnahëhna		 *vatnahissa
*vatnahihna
elative *vatnahësta *vatnahista
illative *vatnahësën *vatnahisën
adessive *vatnahëlla *vatnahilla
ablative *vatnahëlta *vatnahilta
allative *vatnahëlën
*vatnahëlëk		 *vatnahilën
*vatnahilëk
essive *vatnassa *vatnahina
translative *vatnahëksi *vatnahiksi
instructive *vatnahën *vatnahin
comitative *vatnassëk *vatnahinëk
abessive *vatnahëtta *vatnahitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: vannas, (dialectal) vadnas
  • Finnish: vannas
  • Karelian: vannas
  • ⇒ Livonian: va’dmõl
  • Livvi: vannas
  • Ludian: vadnaz, vannaz
  • Veps: vadnaz
  • Votic: vadnõz

Further reading
  • vannas in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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