Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/vārē

This Proto-Samic 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-Samic

Etymology

From earlier *wärä, from Proto-Uralic *wara.

Noun

*vārē

1. mountain

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*vārē
Genitive	*vār̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*vārē	*vār̯ēk
Accusative	*vār̯ēm	*vār̯ijtē
Partitive	*vārētē
Genitive	*vār̯ēn	*vār̯ij
Essive	*vārēnē	*vār̯ijnē
Inessive	*vār̯ēsnē
Elative	*vār̯ēstē	*vār̯ijstē
Illative	*vārās̯ën	—
Comitative	*vār̯ijnē *vār̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*vār̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: vaerie
  • Ume Sami: várrie
  • Pite Sami: várre
  • Lule Sami: várre
  • Northern Sami: várri
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: vääṛi
  • Skolt Sami: vääʹrr
  • Kildin Sami: ва̄ррь (vārr’)
  • Ter Sami: varre
• → Finnish: vaara

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland