Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vardas
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Probably from *vart- + *-(a)s.
Noun
*vardas[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *vardas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vardas | *vartahët | |
| accusative | *vartahën | *vartahët | |
| genitive | *vartahën | *vardastën *vartahidën | |
| partitive | *vardasta | *vartahita | |
| inessive | *vartahëssa *vartahëhna |
*vartahissa *vartahihna | |
| elative | *vartahësta | *vartahista | |
| illative | *vartahësën | *vartahisën | |
| adessive | *vartahëlla | *vartahilla | |
| ablative | *vartahëlta | *vartahilta | |
| allative | *vartahëlën *vartahëlëk |
*vartahilën *vartahilëk | |
| essive | *vardassa | *vartahina | |
| translative | *vartahëksi | *vartahiksi | |
| instructive | *vartahën | *vartahin | |
| comitative | *vardassëk | *vartahinëk | |
| abessive | *vartahëtta | *vartahitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: varras
- Finnish: varras
- Ingrian: varras
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: varraš
- Ludian: vardaz
- Võro: varras
- Votic: varrõz
Further reading
- “varras”, 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), “varras”, 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