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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaikka

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 1

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz.

Adjective

*vaikka[1]

  1. quiet
Declension
Inflection of *vaikka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vaikka *vaik'at
accusative *vaik'an *vaik'at
genitive *vaik'an *vaikkadën
*vaikkoidën
partitive *vaikkada *vaikkoida
inessive *vaik'assa
*vaik'ahna		 *vaik'oissa
*vaik'oihna
elative *vaik'asta *vaik'oista
illative *vaikkahën *vaikkoihën
adessive *vaik'alla *vaik'oilla
ablative *vaik'alta *vaik'oilta
allative *vaikkalën
*vaikkalëk		 *vaikkoilën
*vaikkoilëk
essive *vaikkana *vaikkoina
translative *vaik'aksi *vaik'oiksi
instructive *vaik'an *vaik'oin
comitative *vaikkanëk *vaikkoinëk
abessive *vaik'atta *vaik'oitta
Descendants
  • Estonian: vaik, ⇒ vaikne
  • Finnish: ⇒ vaieta, (dialectal) vaiketa
  • Ingrian: ⇒ vaiketa
  • Karelian: ⇒
    • South Karelian: vaikkane
  • Livvi: ⇒ vaikkaine
  • Ludian: ⇒ vaikkani
  • Veps: ⇒ vaikne
  • Võro: ⇒ vaiklik
Further reading
  • “vaikne”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

Etymology 2

Probably from or akin to *vai, with +‎ *-ka; perhaps roughly *vai +‎ *-ka; the dialectal Finnish variant vaihka may hint at why this particle has a geminate *-kk-.

Conjunction

*vaikka (Northern Finnic)

  1. although, even though, even if
Descendants

References
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*vaikka”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)
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