Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/varci

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

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Permic *warte.

Noun

*varci

1. stalk (of a plant)
2. haft, handle

Inflection

Inflection of *varci

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*varci	*vardët
accusative		*vardën	*vardët
genitive		*vardën	*vartëdën *varcidën
partitive		*vartëda	*varcida
inessive		*vardëssa *vardëhna	*varcissa *varcihna
elative		*vardësta	*varcista
illative		*vartëhën	*varcihën
adessive		*vardëlla	*varcilla
ablative		*vardëlta	*varcilta
allative		*vartëlën *vartëlëk	*varcilën *varcilëk
essive		*vartëna	*varcina
translative		*vardëksi	*varciksi
instructive		*vardën	*varcin
comitative		*vartënëk	*varcinëk
abessive		*vardëtta	*varcitta

Descendants

• Estonian: vars
• Finnish: varsi
• Ingrian: varsi, vars
• Karelian: varsi (Northern), varzi (Southern)
• Livonian: vaŗž
• Livvi: varzi
• Ludian: varž
• Veps: varz
• Võro: vars'
• Votic: varsi

Further reading

• “vars”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Entry #1690 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.