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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/varëh

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 *waruz, *warō (whence Norwegian Nynorsk vorr, Old Norse vǫr).[1]

Noun

*varëh

  1. heap of stones

Inflection
Inflection of *varëh
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *varëh *varëhët
accusative *varëhën *varëhët
genitive *varëhën *varëhtën
*varëhidën
partitive *varëhta *varëhita
inessive *varëhëssa
*varëhëhna		 *varëhissa
*varëhihna
elative *varëhësta *varëhista
illative *varëhësën *varëhisën
adessive *varëhëlla *varëhilla
ablative *varëhëlta *varëhilta
allative *varëhëlën
*varëhëlëk		 *varëhilën
*varëhilëk
essive *varëhëna *varëhina
translative *varëhëksi *varëhiksi
instructive *varëhën *varëhin
comitative *varëhënëk *varëhinëk
abessive *varëhëtta *varëhitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: vare
  • Finnish: (dialectal) vare

References
  1. Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.

Further reading
  • “vare”, 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), “vare”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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