Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/varbëh
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Swedish varv (“layer, turn, layer of logs in building”)).[1]
Noun
*varbëh
- bulwark (planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel)
Inflection
Inflection of *varbëh
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *varbëh | *varpëhët | |
| accusative | *varpëhën | *varpëhët | |
| genitive | *varpëhën | *varbëhtën *varpëhidën | |
| partitive | *varbëhta | *varpëhita | |
| inessive | *varpëhëssa *varpëhëhna |
*varpëhissa *varpëhihna | |
| elative | *varpëhësta | *varpëhista | |
| illative | *varpëhësën | *varpëhisën | |
| adessive | *varpëhëlla | *varpëhilla | |
| ablative | *varpëhëlta | *varpëhilta | |
| allative | *varpëhëlën *varpëhëlëk |
*varpëhilën *varpëhilëk | |
| essive | *varpëhëna | *varpëhina | |
| translative | *varpëhëksi | *varpëhiksi | |
| instructive | *varpëhën | *varpëhin | |
| comitative | *varpëhënëk | *varpëhinëk | |
| abessive | *varpëhëtta | *varpëhitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: (dialectal) varve
From *varp'ëh:
- Finnish: varpe
- → Estonian: (dialectal) varped pl
- Ingrian: varppeet pl
References
- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “varpe”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (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