Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/vārē

This Proto-Samic 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-Samic

Etymology

From earlier *wärä, from Proto-Uralic *wara.

Noun

*vārē

  1. mountain

Inflection

Even
Nominative *vārē
Genitive *vār̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *vārē *vār̯ēk
Accusative *vār̯ēm *vār̯ijtē
Partitive *vārētē
Genitive *vār̯ēn *vār̯ij
Essive *vārēnē *vār̯ijnē
Inessive *vār̯ēsnē
Elative *vār̯ēstē *vār̯ijstē
Illative *vārās̯ën —
Comitative *vār̯ijnē
*vār̯ijnë 		—
Abessive *vār̯ēptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: vaerie
    • Ume Sami: várrie
    • Pite Sami: várre
    • Lule Sami: várre
    • Northern Sami: várri
  • Eastern Samic:
  • → Finnish: vaara

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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