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.
*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 | |
From *varis:
From *varës:
From *varoi:
From *variksi (oblique stem *variksë-):