Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/varpa
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *warpą (whence Old English wearp (“warp, twig, osier”)).
Noun
*varpa[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *varpa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *varpa | *varbat | |
| accusative | *varban | *varbat | |
| genitive | *varban | *varpadën *varpoidën | |
| partitive | *varpada | *varpoida | |
| inessive | *varbassa *varbahna |
*varboissa *varboihna | |
| elative | *varbasta | *varboista | |
| illative | *varpahën | *varpoihën | |
| adessive | *varballa | *varboilla | |
| ablative | *varbalta | *varboilta | |
| allative | *varpalën *varpalëk |
*varpoilën *varpoilëk | |
| essive | *varpana | *varpoina | |
| translative | *varbaksi | *varboiksi | |
| instructive | *varban | *varboin | |
| comitative | *varpanëk | *varpoinëk | |
| abessive | *varbatta | *varboitta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Estonian: varb
- Finnish: (dialectal) varpa, ⇒ varpu
- Karelian:
- Livvi: varbu
- Ludian: barb
- Veps: barb, (Southern) varb
- Võro: varb
- Votic: varpõ
Further reading
- “varb”, 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), “varpa”, 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