Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/varas
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Proto-Baltic *vāras (whence Lithuanian voras (“old”) and Old Prussian urs (“old”)).
Adverb
edit*varas[1]
Adjective
edit*varas
Inflection
editInflection of *varas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *varas | *varahët | |
accusative | *varahën | *varahët | |
genitive | *varahën | *varastën *varahidën | |
partitive | *varasta | *varahita | |
inessive | *varahëssa *varahëhna |
*varahissa *varahihna | |
elative | *varahësta | *varahista | |
illative | *varahësën | *varahisën | |
adessive | *varahëlla | *varahilla | |
ablative | *varahëlta | *varahilta | |
allative | *varahëlën *varahëlëk |
*varahilën *varahilëk | |
essive | *varassa | *varahina | |
translative | *varahëksi | *varahiksi | |
instructive | *varahën | *varahin | |
comitative | *varassëk | *varahinëk | |
abessive | *varahëtta | *varahitta |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
editFurther reading
edit- “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), “varhainen”, 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