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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/äges

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

Probably borrowed either from Baltic (compare Lithuanian akečios) or from Proto-Germanic *agiþō;[1] in either case the ultimate origin would be Proto-Indo-European *h₂oḱ-et-eh₂, from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Noun

*äges

  1. harrow

Inflection
Inflection of *äges
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *äges *äkehet
accusative *äkehen *äkehet
genitive *äkehen *ägesten
*äkehiden
partitive *ägestä *äkehitä
inessive *äkehessä
*äkehehnä		 *äkehissä
*äkehihnä
elative *äkehestä *äkehistä
illative *äkehesen *äkehisen
adessive *äkehellä *äkehillä
ablative *äkeheltä *äkehiltä
allative *äkehelen
*äkehelek		 *äkehilen
*äkehilek
essive *ägessä *äkehinä
translative *äkeheksi *äkehiksi
instructive *äkehen *äkehin
comitative *ägessek *äkehinek
abessive *äkehettä *äkehittä

Descendants
  • Estonian: äke
  • Finnish: äes
  • Livonian: ä’ggõz
  • Ludian: ägez
  • Veps: ägez
  • Võro: ? äkl'
  • Votic: äez
  • → Komi-Zyrian: агас (agas)

References
  1. Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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