Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/varbas
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly *varpa (“thin stick, twig”) + *-s.
Noun
[edit]*varbas[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *varbas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *varbas | *varpahët | |
| accusative | *varpahën | *varpahët | |
| genitive | *varpahën | *varbastën *varpahidën | |
| partitive | *varbasta | *varpahita | |
| inessive | *varpahëssa *varpahëhna |
*varpahissa *varpahihna | |
| elative | *varpahësta | *varpahista | |
| illative | *varpahësën | *varpahisën | |
| adessive | *varpahëlla | *varpahilla | |
| ablative | *varpahëlta | *varpahilta | |
| allative | *varpahëlën *varpahëlëk |
*varpahilën *varpahilëk | |
| essive | *varbassa | *varpahina | |
| translative | *varpahëksi | *varpahiksi | |
| instructive | *varpahën | *varpahin | |
| comitative | *varbassëk | *varpahinëk | |
| abessive | *varpahëtta | *varpahitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: varvas
- Finnish: varvas
- Ingrian: varvas
- Karelian: varvaš
- Livonian: vārbaz
- Livvi: varvas
- Ludian: barbaz
- Veps: barbaz, varbaz
- Võro: varbas
- Votic: varvõz
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “varb”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012