Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rainis
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz.[1]
Adjective
*rainis (Northern Finnic)
Inflection
Inflection of *rainis
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rainis | *rainihët | |
| accusative | *rainihën | *rainihët | |
| genitive | *rainihën | *rainistën *rainihidën | |
| partitive | *rainista | *rainihita | |
| inessive | *rainihëssa *rainihëhna |
*rainihissa *rainihihna | |
| elative | *rainihësta | *rainihista | |
| illative | *rainihësën | *rainihisën | |
| adessive | *rainihëlla | *rainihilla | |
| ablative | *rainihëlta | *rainihilta | |
| allative | *rainihëlën *rainihëlëk |
*rainihilën *rainihilëk | |
| essive | *rainissa | *rainihina | |
| translative | *rainihëksi | *rainihiksi | |
| instructive | *rainihën | *rainihin | |
| comitative | *rainissëk | *rainihinëk | |
| abessive | *rainihëtta | *rainihitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: (dialectal) rainis (“clear, bright, fresh”)
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: ⇒ rainduo (“to become clear”)
- Veps: rainiž (“cool, fresh”)
References
- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “rainis”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (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