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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vainijo

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-Norse [script needed] (*hwainiō), from Proto-Germanic *hwainō (whence dialectal Swedish ven, hven (“swampy field”)).[1]

Noun

*vainijo[2]

  1. meadow, field, pasture

Inflection
Inflection of *vainijo
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *vainijo *vainijot
accusative *vainijon *vainijot
genitive *vainijon *vainijodën
*vainijoidën
partitive *vainijota *vainijoita
inessive *vainijossa
*vainijohna		 *vainijoissa
*vainijoihna
elative *vainijosta *vainijoista
illative *vainijosën *vainijoisën
adessive *vainijolla *vainijoilla
ablative *vainijolta *vainijoilta
allative *vainijolën
*vainijolëk		 *vainijoilën
*vainijoilëk
essive *vainijona *vainijoina
translative *vainijoksi *vainijoiksi
instructive *vainijon *vainijoin
comitative *vainijonëk *vainijoinëk
abessive *vainijotta *vainijoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: vain, vainu, (dialectal) vainiu, vainija
  • Finnish: vainio
    • → Karelian:
      • North Karelian: vainivo

References
  1. Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
  2. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*vainijo”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • “vain”, 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), “vainio”, 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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