-vere

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Estonian

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Etymology

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Most likely from veer (edge). Other theories include relation to pere (family), veri (blood), vare (pile, ruins), Finnish verho, vaara, and many others.

Suffix

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-vere (genitive -vere, partitive -veret)

  1. a common suffix in toponyms

Inflection

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Declension of -vere (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative -vere
accusative nom.
gen. -vere
genitive
partitive -veret
illative -verre
-veresse
inessive -veres
elative -verest
allative -verele
adessive -verel
ablative -verelt
translative -vereks
terminative -vereni
essive -verena
abessive -vereta
comitative -verega

Derived terms

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