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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vakka

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-Baltic *vāka (whence Latvian vāks and Lithuanian vókas, vóka).

Noun

*vakka

  1. type of wooden container, usually equipped with a close fitting cap
  2. viljamitta This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: vakk
  • Finnish: vakka
  • Ingrian: vakka
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: vakā
  • Livvi: vakku
  • Ludian: vakk
  • Võro: vakk
  • Votic: vakkõ

Further reading

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