Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vërta

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 *werþaz.

Noun

*vërta^[1]

match (equal or superior in comparison)
amount, extent

Inflection

Inflection of *vërta

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*vërta	*vërdat
accusative	*vërdan	*vërdat
genitive	*vërdan	vërtadën vërtoidën
partitive	*vërtada	*vërtoida
inessive	vërdassa vërdahna	vërdoissa vërdoihna
elative	*vërdasta	*vërdoista
illative	*vërtahën	*vërtoihën
adessive	*vërdalla	*vërdoilla
ablative	*vërdalta	*vërdoilta
allative	vërtalën vërtalëk	vërtoilën vërtoilëk
essive	*vërtana	*vërtoina
translative	*vërdaksi	*vërdoiksi
instructive	*vërdan	*vërdoin
comitative	*vërtanëk	*vërtoinëk
abessive	*vërdatta	*vërdoitta

Descendants

Estonian: võrd
Finnish: verta
Ingrian: verta
Karelian:
- North Karelian: verta
- South Karelian: verda
Livvi: verdu
Ludian: verž
Veps: -verzʹ
Võro: võrd
Votic: võrtõ

References

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

“võrd”, 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), “verta”, 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

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

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