Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/varjo

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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

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *warjǭ, whence Danish værge and Icelandic verja.

Noun

*varjo

  1. shadow, shade
  2. protection

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: vari
  • Finnish: varjo
  • Ingrian: varjo
  • Karelian: varjo
  • Livonian: vǭŗ
  • Võro: vari
  • Votic: varjo

Further reading

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