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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vako

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 [Term?] (whence Latvian vaga (furrow), Lithuanian vaga (furrow)).

Noun

*vako

  1. furrow (in soil)

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *vagot'ak

Descendants

  • Estonian: vagu
  • Finnish: vako
  • Ingrian: vako
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: vako
    • South Karelian: vago
  • Livonian: (Courland) va'g, (Salaca) vag
  • Livvi: vago
  • Ludian: vago
  • Veps: vago
  • Võro: vago
  • Votic: vako

Further reading

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