Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/varas

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

Borrowed from Proto-Baltic *vāras (whence Lithuanian voras (“old”) and Old Prussian urs (“old”)).

Adverb

*varas^[1]

early

Adjective

*varas

early

Inflection

Inflection of *varas

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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

*varahainën

Descendants

Estonian: vara
Finnish: (dialectal) varas, ⇒ varhain
Livonian: varāz
Veps: varaz
Votic: varaz

References

^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*varas”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)

“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

[1] Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*varas”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)

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