Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/varna
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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]Unknown
Noun
[edit]*varna[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *varna
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *varna | *varnat | |
| accusative | *varnan | *varnat | |
| genitive | *varnan | *varnadën *varnoidën | |
| partitive | *varnada | *varnoida | |
| inessive | *varnassa *varnahna |
*varnoissa *varnoihna | |
| elative | *varnasta | *varnoista | |
| illative | *varnahën | *varnoihën | |
| adessive | *varnalla | *varnoilla | |
| ablative | *varnalta | *varnoilta | |
| allative | *varnalën *varnalëk |
*varnoilën *varnoilëk | |
| essive | *varnana | *varnoina | |
| translative | *varnaksi | *varnoiksi | |
| instructive | *varnan | *varnoin | |
| comitative | *varnanëk | *varnoinëk | |
| abessive | *varnatta | *varnoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: varn
- Finnish: vaarna
- Karelian: voarna
- Livvi: vuarnu
- Ludian: vuarn
- Veps: varn
- Võro: varn
- Votic: varnõ
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “varn”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012