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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/varbëh

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 [Term?] (whence Swedish varv (“layer, turn, layer of logs in building”)).[1]

Noun

*varbëh

  1. bulwark (planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel)

Inflection
Inflection of *varbëh
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *varbëh *varpëhët
accusative *varpëhën *varpëhët
genitive *varpëhën *varbëhtën
*varpëhidën
partitive *varbëhta *varpëhita
inessive *varpëhëssa
*varpëhëhna		 *varpëhissa
*varpëhihna
elative *varpëhësta *varpëhista
illative *varpëhësën *varpëhisën
adessive *varpëhëlla *varpëhilla
ablative *varpëhëlta *varpëhilta
allative *varpëhëlën
*varpëhëlëk		 *varpëhilën
*varpëhilëk
essive *varpëhëna *varpëhina
translative *varpëhëksi *varpëhiksi
instructive *varpëhën *varpëhin
comitative *varpëhënëk *varpëhinëk
abessive *varpëhëtta *varpëhitta

Descendants
  • Finnish: (dialectal) varve

From *varp'ëh:

  • Finnish: varpe
    • → Estonian: (dialectal) varped pl
  • Ingrian: varppeet pl

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
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “varpe”, 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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