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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/varas
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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 *vāras (whence Lithuanian voras (“old”) and Old Prussian urs (“old”)).
Inflection
Inflection of *varas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *varas | *varahët | |
| accusative | *varahën | *varahët | |
| genitive | *varahën | *varastën *varahidën | |
| partitive | *varasta | *varahita | |
| inessive | *varahëssa *varahëhna |
*varahissa *varahihna | |
| elative | *varahësta | *varahista | |
| illative | *varahësën | *varahisën | |
| adessive | *varahëlla | *varahilla | |
| ablative | *varahëlta | *varahilta | |
| allative | *varahëlën *varahëlëk |
*varahilën *varahilëk | |
| essive | *varassa | *varahina | |
| translative | *varahëksi | *varahiksi | |
| instructive | *varahën | *varahin | |
| comitative | *varassëk | *varahinëk | |
| abessive | *varahëtta | *varahitta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*varas”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)
Further reading
- “vara”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “varhainen”, in 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
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