Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/varis

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-Uralic *warᴈ. Possibly an onomatopoeic root. The descendants reflect three forms: *varis, *varës and *varoi (probably with the diminutive ending *-oi). For this, compare *jänis. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

*varis

  1. crow

Inflection

Inflection of *varis
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *varis *variksët
accusative *variksën *variksët
genitive *variksën *varistën
*variksidën
partitive *varista *variksita
inessive *variksëssa
*variksëhna 		*variksissa
*variksihna
elative *variksësta *variksista
illative *variksësën *variksisën
adessive *variksëlla *variksilla
ablative *variksëlta *variksilta
allative *variksëlën
*variksëlëk 		*variksilën
*variksilëk
essive *varissa *variksina
translative *variksëksi *variksiksi
instructive *variksën *variksin
comitative *varissëk *variksinëk
abessive *variksëtta *variksitta

Descendants

From *varis:

  • Finnish: varis
  • Ingrian: varis
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: vaŗīkš (*variksi < oblique stem *variksë-)
  • Veps: variš

From *varës:

From *varoi:

Further reading

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