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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/varci

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-Finno-Permic *warte.

Noun

*varci

  1. stalk (of a plant)
  2. haft, handle

Inflection
Inflection of *varci
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *varci *vardët
accusative *vardën *vardët
genitive *vardën *vartëdën
*varcidën
partitive *vartëda *varcida
inessive *vardëssa
*vardëhna		 *varcissa
*varcihna
elative *vardësta *varcista
illative *vartëhën *varcihën
adessive *vardëlla *varcilla
ablative *vardëlta *varcilta
allative *vartëlën
*vartëlëk		 *varcilën
*varcilëk
essive *vartëna *varcina
translative *vardëksi *varciksi
instructive *vardën *varcin
comitative *vartënëk *varcinëk
abessive *vardëtta *varcitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: vars
  • Finnish: varsi
  • Ingrian: varsi, vars
  • Karelian: varsi (Northern), varzi (Southern)
  • Livonian: vaŗž
  • Livvi: varzi
  • Ludian: varž
  • Veps: varz
  • Võro: vars'
  • Votic: varsi

Further reading
  • “vars”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1690 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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