varde
Latvian

Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *war-, *wer- with an extra -de, from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁-, a stem used to form words that imitate human and animal voices (compare vārds (“word, name”)). Cognates include Lithuanian varlė̃ (with a different suffix).[1] A different hypothesis derives it from Proto-Indo-European *word-, which also yielded with Old Armenian գորտ (gort).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vârde]
(file) |
Noun
varde f (5th declension)
Declension
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “varde”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN.
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 227
Northern Sami
Verb
varde
- inflection of vardit:
- first-person dual present indicative
- third-person plural past indicative
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑɖːə/
Noun
varde m (definite singular varden, indefinite plural vardar, definite plural vardane)
Verb
varde (present tense vardar, past tense varda, past participle varda, passive infinitive vardast, present participle vardande, imperative varde/vard)
- e-infinitive form of varda (in dialects with e-infinitive or split infinitive)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse varða, from Proto-Germanic *wardōną, whence also English ward.
Verb
varde (present tense vardar, past tense varda, past participle varda, passive infinitive vardast, present participle vardande, imperative varde/vard)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
References
- “varde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.