Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/varma
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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.
Adjective
[edit]*varma
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *varma
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *varma | *varmat | |
| accusative | *varman | *varmat | |
| genitive | *varman | *varmadën *varmoidën | |
| partitive | *varmada | *varmoida | |
| inessive | *varmassa *varmahna |
*varmoissa *varmoihna | |
| elative | *varmasta | *varmoista | |
| illative | *varmahën | *varmoihën | |
| adessive | *varmalla | *varmoilla | |
| ablative | *varmalta | *varmoilta | |
| allative | *varmalën *varmalëk |
*varmoilën *varmoilëk | |
| essive | *varmana | *varmoina | |
| translative | *varmaksi | *varmoiksi | |
| instructive | *varman | *varmoin | |
| comitative | *varmanëk | *varmoinëk | |
| abessive | *varmatta | *varmoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ Estonian: varmas (“quick, brisk; strong, sturdy”)
- Finnish: varma (“sure”)
- Ingrian: varma
- Karelian:
- ⇒ Veps: varmed
- Votic: varmõ
Further reading
[edit]- “varmas”, 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), “varma”, 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