Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/roivas

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.

Noun

*roivas^[1]

sheaf of flax or hemp

Inflection

Inflection of *roivas

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*roivas	*roivahët
accusative	*roivahën	*roivahët
genitive	*roivahën	roivastën roivahidën
partitive	*roivasta	*roivahita
inessive	roivahëssa roivahëhna	roivahissa roivahihna
elative	*roivahësta	*roivahista
illative	*roivahësën	*roivahisën
adessive	*roivahëlla	*roivahilla
ablative	*roivahëlta	*roivahilta
allative	roivahëlën roivahëlëk	roivahilën roivahilëk
essive	*roivassa	*roivahina
translative	*roivahëksi	*roivahiksi
instructive	*roivahën	*roivahin
comitative	*roivassëk	*roivahinëk
abessive	*roivahëtta	*roivahitta

Descendants

Estonian: rõivas ("clothing")
Finnish: roivas
Ingrian: roivaz
Karelian: roivas
Livvi: roivas
Ludian: roivaz
Veps: roivaz
Võro: rõivas ("fabric, cloth")
Votic: roivõz
→ Proto-Samic: *ruojvēs

References

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

“rõivas”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “roivas”, 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–) “*roivas”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)

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