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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vaha

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

From earlier *vakša, borrowed from Proto-Baltic *vakša, later *vaška (whence Latvian vasks, Lithuanian vaškas).

Noun

*vaha

  1. wax

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: vaha
  • Finnish: vaha
  • Ingrian: vaha
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: vaha
    • South Karelian: vaha
  • Livonian: vǭ’
  • Livvi: vaha
  • Ludian: vaha
  • Veps: vaha
  • Võro: vaha
  • Votic: vaha

Further reading

  • vaha”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vaha”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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