Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/varjo

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-Germanic *warjǭ, whence Danish værge and Icelandic verja.

Noun

*varjo[1]

  1. shadow, shade
  2. protection

Inflection

Inflection of *varjo
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *varjo *varjot
accusative *varjon *varjot
genitive *varjon *varjodën
*varjoidën
partitive *varjoda *varjoida
inessive *varjossa
*varjohna 		*varjoissa
*varjoihna
elative *varjosta *varjoista
illative *varjohën *varjoihën
adessive *varjolla *varjoilla
ablative *varjolta *varjoilta
allative *varjolën
*varjolëk 		*varjoilën
*varjoilëk
essive *varjona *varjoina
translative *varjoksi *varjoiksi
instructive *varjon *varjoin
comitative *varjonëk *varjoinëk
abessive *varjotta *varjoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: vari
  • Finnish: varjo
  • Ingrian: varjo
  • Karelian: varjo
  • Livonian: vǭŗ
  • Võro: vari
  • Votic: varjo

References

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

Further reading

  • “vari”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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