Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/veeras

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

Probably *veeri +‎ *-as (the suffix is a variant of *-s), albeit this etymology is not without doubt.

Noun

*veeras

  1. guest, visitor
  2. stranger

Adjective

*veeras

  1. strange, foreign, unfamiliar

Inflection

Inflection of *veeras
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *veeras *veerahët
accusative *veerahën *veerahët
genitive *veerahën *veerastën
*veerahidën
partitive *veerasta *veerahita
inessive *veerahëssa
*veerahëhna 		*veerahissa
*veerahihna
elative *veerahësta *veerahista
illative *veerahësën *veerahisën
adessive *veerahëlla *veerahilla
ablative *veerahëlta *veerahilta
allative *veerahëlën
*veerahëlëk 		*veerahilën
*veerahilëk
essive *veerassa *veerahina
translative *veerahëksi *veerahiksi
instructive *veerahën *veerahin
comitative *veerassëk *veerahinëk
abessive *veerahëtta *veerahitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: võõras
  • Finnish: vieras
  • Ingrian: veeras
  • Karelian: vieras
  • Livonian: vȭrõz
  • Livvi: vieras
  • Ludian: vieraz
  • Veps: veraz
  • Võro: võõras
  • Votic: võõrõz
  • → Proto-Samic: *vierēs

Further reading

  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*vëëras”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)
  • “võõras”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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