Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/varna

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

Etymology

Unknown

Noun

*varna

1. wooden peg

Inflection

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

• Estonian: varn
• Finnish: vaarna
• Karelian: voarna
• Livvi: vuarnu
• Ludian: vuarn
• Veps: varn
• Võro: varn
• Votic: varnõ

Further reading

• “varn”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012