Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/valadak
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Permic *wala-.[1]
Verb
*valadak (stem *vala-)[2]
Inflection
Inflection of *valadak
| Note: The Proto-Finnic conjugation system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | ||||
| present | past | imperative | optative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sing. | *valan | *valoin | — | *valagon |
| 2nd sing. | *valat | *valoit | *valak | *valagos |
| 3rd sing. | *valabi *vala |
*valoi | *valagasën | *valagosën |
| 1st plur. | *valakma | *valoima | *valagatëma | *valagotëma |
| 2nd plur. | *valakta | *valoida | *valagata | *valagotta |
| 3rd plur. | *valabat *vala |
*valoi | *valagasën | *valagosën |
| passive | *valaksën *valat'aksën |
*valadisën *valattisën |
*valadakahën *valattakahën |
*valadakohën *valattakohën |
| connegative | *valak | — | *valagak | *valagok |
| passive connegative | *valaktak | — | *valadagak *valattagak |
*valadagok *valattagok |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
| 1st sing. | *valakcin | *valoicin | *valanën | |
| 2nd sing. | *valakcit | *valoicit | *valanët | |
| 3rd sing. | *valakci | *valoici | *valani | |
| 1st plur. | *valakcima | *valoicima | *valanëma | |
| 2nd plur. | *valakcita | *valoicita | *valanëta | |
| 3rd plur. | *valakci | *valoici | *valani | |
| passive | *valadakcihën *valat'akcihën |
*valadicihën *valatticihën |
*valadanëhën *valattanëhën | |
| connegative | *valakcik | *valoicik | *valanëk | |
| passive connegative | *valadakcik *valat'akcik |
*valadicik *valatticik |
*valadanëk *valattanëk | |
| non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
| active | passive | |||
| infinitive 1 | *valadak | present | *valaba | *valadapa *valattapa |
| infinitive 2 | *valadë- | past | *valanut | *valadu *valattu |
| gerund/supine | *valama | negative | *valamat'oin | |
| action noun | *valaminën | |||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Estonian: valama/valada
- Finnish: valaa
- Ingrian: vallaa
- Karelian:
- Livonian: va’llõ, (Salaca) vall
- Livvi: valua
- Ludian: valada
- Veps: valada
- Võro: valama/vallaq
- Votic: valla
- → Sami:
- Eastern Samic:
- Skolt Sami: väällad
- Kildin Sami: ва̄ллэ (vālle)
- Eastern Samic:
References
- ^ Santeri Junttila, Petri Kallio, Sampsa Holopainen, Juha Kuokkala, Juho Pystynen, editors (2020–), “valaa”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*vala-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][2] (in Finnish)