Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/varis

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *warᴈ. Possibly an onomatopoeic root. The descendants reflect three forms: *varis, *varës and *varoi (probably with the diminutive ending *-oi). For this, compare *jänis. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

*varis

1. crow

Inflection

Inflection of *varis

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*varis	*variksët
accusative		*variksën	*variksët
genitive		*variksën	*varistën *variksidën
partitive		*varista	*variksita
inessive		*variksëssa *variksëhna	*variksissa *variksihna
elative		*variksësta	*variksista
illative		*variksësën	*variksisën
adessive		*variksëlla	*variksilla
ablative		*variksëlta	*variksilta
allative		*variksëlën *variksëlëk	*variksilën *variksilëk
essive		*varissa	*variksina
translative		*variksëksi	*variksiksi
instructive		*variksën	*variksin
comitative		*varissëk	*variksinëk
abessive		*variksëtta	*variksitta

Descendants

From *varis:

• Finnish: varis
• Ingrian: varis
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: varis
  • South Karelian: varis
• Veps: variš

From *varës:

• Estonian: vares
• Votic: varõz
• Võro: varõs

From *varoi:

• Livvi: varoi
• Ludian: varoi

From *variksi (oblique stem *variksë-):

• Livonian: vaŗīkš

Further reading

• Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*varës”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)