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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vabarna

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

*vabarna

  1. raspberry

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: (dialectal) vabarn
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: vavarjo, vavadno
  • Ludian: babarm
  • Veps: babarm
  • Võro: vabarn, vavarn, vabõrn
  • Votic: (Kattila, Pummala) võvvar, (Mati) vavvarna

Possibly from the root *vaba- ~ *vapa-, through influence by descendants of *joo-:

Uncertain (*vadarma, from secondary replacement of *b with *d by contamination):

Further reading

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