Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/roota

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *rōdō or from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old Norse tróð).

Noun

*roota[1]

  1. fishbone
  2. rachis
  3. tang of a knife

Inflection

Inflection of *roota
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *roota *roodat
accusative *roodan *roodat
genitive *roodan *rootadën
*rootëidën
partitive *rootada *rootëida
inessive *roodassa
*roodahna 		*roodëissa
*roodëihna
elative *roodasta *roodëista
illative *rootahën *rootëihën
adessive *roodalla *roodëilla
ablative *roodalta *roodëilta
allative *rootalën
*rootalëk 		*rootëilën
*rootëilëk
essive *rootana *rootëina
translative *roodaksi *roodëiksi
instructive *roodan *roodëin
comitative *rootanëk *rootëinëk
abessive *roodatta *roodëitta

Descendants

From *roota:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) ruota
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: ruodu
  • Ludian: ruod
  • Veps: rod

From *rooto:

References

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

Further reading

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