Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rooho

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

Probably from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-.

Noun

*rooho[1]

  1. grass

Inflection

Inflection of *rooho
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *rooho *roohot
accusative *roohon *roohot
genitive *roohon *roohodën
*roohoidën
partitive *roohoda *roohoida
inessive *roohossa
*roohohna 		*roohoissa
*roohoihna
elative *roohosta *roohoista
illative *roohohën *roohoihën
adessive *rooholla *roohoilla
ablative *rooholta *roohoilta
allative *rooholën
*rooholëk 		*roohoilën
*roohoilëk
essive *roohona *roohoina
translative *roohoksi *roohoiksi
instructive *roohon *roohoin
comitative *roohonëk *roohoinëk
abessive *roohotta *roohoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: rohi
  • Finnish: ruoho
  • Ingrian: rooho
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: (Salaca) ruoi
  • Veps: roho
  • Võro: ruuh
  • Votic: roho

References

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

Further reading

  • “rohi”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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