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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/aigasta-aika

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 *aigasta + *aika (time).

Noun

*aigasta-aika

  1. year
    Synonym: *vooci

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: aasta
  • Finnish: ajastaika, (dialectal) ajasta-aika, aasaika, aastaika
  • Ingrian: aastaika, aastaka
  • Livonian: āigast
  • Võro: aastak, aastaig, ajastaig, aasta
  • Votic: aigassaika (Pummala)
    • Kukkuzi: aastaika

Further reading

  • aasta in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), ajastaika”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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