Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/varъ

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology 1

Deverbal from *vьrěti.

Noun

*vȃrъ m

1. boiling
2. boiling liquid

   Synonym: *ukropъ

Declension

Declension of *vȃrъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vȃrъ	*vȃra	*vȃri
genitive	*vȃra	*varù	*vãrъ
dative	*vȃru	*varomà	*varòmъ
accusative	*vȃrъ	*vȃra	*vȃry
instrumental	*vȃrъmь, *vȃromь*	*varomà	*varý
locative	*vȃrě	*varù	*varě̃xъ
vocative	*vare	*vȃra	*vȃri

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

nouns

• *virъ m

 

verbs

• *variti impf

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: варъ (varŭ)
    • Russian: вар (var)
    • Ukrainian: вар (var)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ва̑р

    Latin script: vȃr

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: var
    • Czech: var
  • Old Polish: war
    • Polish: war
  • Old Slovak: var
    • Slovak: var
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: wôr
    • Slovincian: wor
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: war
    • Upper Sorbian: war

Etymology 2

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *wer-. Cognates include Hittite 𒉿𒊏𒀀𒉌 (wa-ra-a-ni, “to burn”), Old Armenian վառեմ (vaṙem, “to fire”), possibly Etruscan 𐌅𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌄 (verse, “fire”).

Noun

*vȃrъ m

1. heat

Declension

Declension of *vȃrъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vȃrъ	*vȃra	*vȃri
genitive	*vȃra	*varù	*vãrъ
dative	*vȃru	*varomà	*varòmъ
accusative	*vȃrъ	*vȃra	*vȃry
instrumental	*vȃrъmь, *vȃromь*	*varomà	*varý
locative	*vȃrě	*varù	*varě̃xъ
vocative	*vare	*vȃra	*vȃri

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

nouns

• *sъvarъ m

 

Related terms

verbs

• *sъvariti pf

 

nouns

• *Sъvarogъ m

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: варъ (varŭ)
    • >? Russian: вар (var, “tar, pitch”)
    • Russian: вар (var, “scorching heat; white-hot iron, ready to be cast, mold”) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: варъ (varŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰲⰰⱃⱏ (varŭ)

    • Bulgarian: вар (var)
    • Macedonian: вар (var)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ва̑р

    Latin script: vȃr

  • Slovene: vâr (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: var
  • Polish: war (dialectal)
  • Silesian: wŏr
  • Slovak: var
  • Pomeranian
    • Kashubian: wôr

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вар”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Snoj, Marko (2016) “varīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*vȃrъ”
• Nikolajev, S. L. (2012) “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura‎^[2] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 117
• Králik, Ľubor (2016) “variť”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 649
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “вар”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka