Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vartija
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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]Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wardijô (whence Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰 (wardja)).[1]
Noun
[edit]*vartija
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *vartija
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vartija | *vartijat | |
| accusative | *vartijan | *vartijat | |
| genitive | *vartijan | *vartijadën *vartijoidën | |
| partitive | *vartijata | *vartijoita | |
| inessive | *vartijassa *vartijahna |
*vartijoissa *vartijoihna | |
| elative | *vartijasta | *vartijoista | |
| illative | *vartijasën | *vartijoisën | |
| adessive | *vartijalla | *vartijoilla | |
| ablative | *vartijalta | *vartijoilta | |
| allative | *vartijalën *vartijalëk |
*vartijoilën *vartijoilëk | |
| essive | *vartijana | *vartijoina | |
| translative | *vartijaksi | *vartijoiksi | |
| instructive | *vartijan | *vartijoin | |
| comitative | *vartijanëk | *vartijoinëk | |
| abessive | *vartijatta | *vartijoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: vardja, (dialectal) vardija
- Finnish: vartija
- Karelian:
- Livvi: ⇒ vardoija (“to guard”)
- Ludian: ⇒ vardoida (“to guard”)
- Veps: ⇒ vardoita (“to guard”)
- Votic: ⇒ (Mati) varrita (“to guard”)
References
[edit]- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Further reading
[edit]- “vardja”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “vartija”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN