Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vabarna

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

Unknown.

Noun

*vabarna

1. raspberry

Inflection

Inflection of *vabarna

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*vabarna	*vabarnat
accusative		*vabarnan	*vabarnat
genitive		*vabarnan	*vabarnadën *vabarnoidën
partitive		*vabarnata	*vabarnoita
inessive		*vabarnassa *vabarnahna	*vabarnoissa *vabarnoihna
elative		*vabarnasta	*vabarnoista
illative		*vabarnasën	*vabarnoisën
adessive		*vabarnalla	*vabarnoilla
ablative		*vabarnalta	*vabarnoilta
allative		*vabarnalën *vabarnalëk	*vabarnoilën *vabarnoilëk
essive		*vabarnana	*vabarnoina
translative		*vabarnaksi	*vabarnoiksi
instructive		*vabarnan	*vabarnoin
comitative		*vabarnanëk	*vabarnoinëk
abessive		*vabarnatta	*vabarnoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: (dialectal) vabarn
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: vavarno
  • South Karelian: vavarno
• Livvi: vavarjo, vavadno
• Ludian: babarm
• Veps: babarm
• Võro: vabarn, vavarn, vabõrn
• Votic: (Kattila, Pummala) võvvar, (Mati) vavvarna

Possibly from the root *vaba- ~ *vapa-, through influence by descendants of *joo-:

• >? Finnish: vaapukka (influenced by juolukka)
• >? Ingrian: vaapukka (influenced by joomukka)

Possibly from the root *vaga- (with secondary replacement of *b with *g by contamination):

• >? Karelian:
  • South Karelian: vagoi
• >? Livvi: vagoi

Possibly from the root *vada- (with secondary replacement of *b with *d by contamination):

• >? Estonian: vaarikas, (dialectal) vaarmari (< *vadar-?)
• >? Finnish: vadelma (< *vadarma?)

Further reading

• “vabarn”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012