From Proto-Finnic *varjo (compare Estonian vari, Livonian vōŕ), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *warjǭ or alternatively derived in Finnic from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (whence Finnish varjella, with a frequentative suffix, and Swedish värja (“to defend”)).
varjo
| Inflection of varjo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | varjo | varjot | |
| genitive | varjon | varjojen | |
| partitive | varjoa | varjoja | |
| illative | varjoon | varjoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | varjo | varjot | |
| accusative | nom. | varjo | varjot |
| gen. | varjon | ||
| genitive | varjon | varjojen | |
| partitive | varjoa | varjoja | |
| inessive | varjossa | varjoissa | |
| elative | varjosta | varjoista | |
| illative | varjoon | varjoihin | |
| adessive | varjolla | varjoilla | |
| ablative | varjolta | varjoilta | |
| allative | varjolle | varjoille | |
| essive | varjona | varjoina | |
| translative | varjoksi | varjoiksi | |
| abessive | varjotta | varjoitta | |
| instructive | — | varjoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
From Proto-Finnic *varjo. Cognates include Finnish varjo and Estonian vari.
varjo
| Declension of varjo (type 4/koivu, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | varjo | varjot |
| genitive | varjon | varjoin, varjoloin |
| partitive | varjoa | varjoja, varjoloja |
| illative | varjoo | varjoi, varjoloihe |
| inessive | varjoos | varjois, varjolois |
| elative | varjost | varjoist, varjoloist |
| allative | varjolle | varjoille, varjoloille |
| adessive | varjool | varjoil, varjoloil |
| ablative | varjolt | varjoilt, varjoloilt |
| translative | varjoks | varjoiks, varjoloiks |
| essive | varjonna, varjoon | varjoinna, varjoloinna, varjoin, varjoloin |
| exessive1) | varjont | varjoint, varjoloint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
From Proto-Finnic *varjo.
varjo
| Declension of varjo (type II/võrkko, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | varjo | varjod |
| genitive | varjo | varjojõ, varjoi |
| partitive | varjoa | varjoitõ, varjoi |
| illative | varjosõ, varjo | varjoisõ |
| inessive | varjoz | varjoiz |
| elative | varjossõ | varjoissõ |
| allative | varjolõ | varjoilõ |
| adessive | varjollõ | varjoillõ |
| ablative | varjoltõ | varjoiltõ |
| translative | varjossi | varjoissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||