Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vara
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *warō.
Noun
*vara[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *vara
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vara | *varat | |
| accusative | *varan | *varat | |
| genitive | *varan | *varadën *varoidën | |
| partitive | *varada | *varoida | |
| inessive | *varassa *varahna |
*varoissa *varoihna | |
| elative | *varasta | *varoista | |
| illative | *varahën | *varoihën | |
| adessive | *varalla | *varoilla | |
| ablative | *varalta | *varoilta | |
| allative | *varalën *varalëk |
*varoilën *varoilëk | |
| essive | *varana | *varoina | |
| translative | *varaksi | *varoiksi | |
| instructive | *varan | *varoin | |
| comitative | *varanëk | *varoinëk | |
| abessive | *varatta | *varoitta | |
Derived terms
- *varait'ak
- *varus
Descendants
- Estonian: vara
- Finnish: vara
- Ingrian: vara
- Karelian:
- Livonian: varā
- Livvi: vara
- Ludian: vara
- Veps: vara
- Võro: vara
- Votic: vara
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), “vara”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN