Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vabarna
Appearance
Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown.
Noun
[edit]*vabarna[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *vabarna
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vabarna | *vabarnat | |
| accusative | *vabarnan | *vabarnat | |
| genitive | *vabarnan | *vabarnadën *vabarnoidën | |
| partitive | *vabarnata | *vabarnoita | |
| inessive | *vabarnassa *vabarnahna |
*vabarnoissa *vabarnoihna | |
| elative | *vabarnasta | *vabarnoista | |
| illative | *vabarnasën | *vabarnoisën | |
| adessive | *vabarnalla | *vabarnoilla | |
| ablative | *vabarnalta | *vabarnoilta | |
| allative | *vabarnalën *vabarnalëk |
*vabarnoilën *vabarnoilëk | |
| essive | *vabarnana | *vabarnoina | |
| translative | *vabarnaksi | *vabarnoiksi | |
| instructive | *vabarnan | *vabarnoin | |
| comitative | *vabarnanëk | *vabarnoinëk | |
| abessive | *vabarnatta | *vabarnoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: (dialectal) vabarn
- Karelian:
- Livvi: vavarjo, vavadno
- Ludian: babarm
- Veps: babarm
- Võro: vabarn, vavarn, vabõrn
- Votic: (Central Votic) võvvar, vavvarna
Possibly from the root *vaba- ~ *vapa-, through influence by descendants of *joo-:
Possibly from the root *vaga- (with secondary replacement of *b with *g by contamination):
Possibly from the root *vada- (with secondary replacement of *b with *d by contamination):
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “vabarn”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “vadelma”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (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
