Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ragëh

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

Unknown. Possibly from an onomatopoeic root (compare Estonian ragisema) with +‎ *-ëh.

Noun

*ragëh[1]

  1. hailstone; (in the plural) hail (precipitation)

Inflection

Inflection of *ragëh
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *ragëh *rakëhët
accusative *rakëhën *rakëhët
genitive *rakëhën *ragëhtën
*rakëhidën
partitive *ragëhta *rakëhita
inessive *rakëhëssa
*rakëhëhna 		*rakëhissa
*rakëhihna
elative *rakëhësta *rakëhista
illative *rakëhësën *rakëhisën
adessive *rakëhëlla *rakëhilla
ablative *rakëhëlta *rakëhilta
allative *rakëhëlën
*rakëhëlëk 		*rakëhilën
*rakëhilëk
essive *rakëhëna *rakëhina
translative *rakëhëksi *rakëhiksi
instructive *rakëhën *rakëhin
comitative *rakëhënëk *rakëhinëk
abessive *rakëhëtta *rakëhitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: rahe
  • Finnish: rae
  • Ingrian: rae
  • Karelian: ruah
  • Votic: ragõ

From *ragis? (possibly by reanalysis via the plural form *rakëhët)

References

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