Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vësa

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

Unknown.

Noun

*vësa

1. shoot, sprout or sapling of a tree
2. young deciduous tree

Inflection

Inflection of *vësa

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*vësa	*vësat
accusative		*vësan	*vësat
genitive		*vësan	*vësadën *vësoidën
partitive		*vësada	*vësoida
inessive		*vësassa *vësahna	*vësoissa *vësoihna
elative		*vësasta	*vësoista
illative		*vësahën	*vësoihën
adessive		*vësalla	*vësoilla
ablative		*vësalta	*vësoilta
allative		*vësalën *vësalëk	*vësoilën *vësoilëk
essive		*vësana	*vësoina
translative		*vësaksi	*vësoiksi
instructive		*vësan	*vësoin
comitative		*vësanëk	*vësoinëk
abessive		*vësatta	*vësoitta

Derived terms

• *vësodak

Descendants

• Estonian: võsa
• Finnish: vesa
  • → Northern Sami: vesá
• Ingrian: vesa
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: veša
  • South Karelian: veža
• Livonian: võzā
• Livvi: veza
• Ludian: veza
• Veps: veza
• Võro: ⇒ võso
• Votic: võsa

Further reading

• “võsa”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012