Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rac'as

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *raidijaz, *raidaz (whence Old English rǣde (“ready to ride, mounted (on a horse)”).

Noun

*rac'as

1. mount, steed; riding horse

   Synonym: *raccu

Inflection

Inflection of *rac'as

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*rac'as	*raccahët
accusative		*raccahën	*raccahët
genitive		*raccahën	*rac'astën *raccahidën
partitive		*rac'asta	*raccahita
inessive		*raccahëssa *raccahëhna	*raccahissa *raccahihna
elative		*raccahësta	*raccahista
illative		*raccahësën	*raccahisën
adessive		*raccahëlla	*raccahilla
ablative		*raccahëlta	*raccahilta
allative		*raccahëlën *raccahëlëk	*raccahilën *raccahilëk
essive		*rac'assa	*raccahina
translative		*raccahëksi	*raccahiksi
instructive		*raccahën	*raccahin
comitative		*rac'assëk	*raccahinëk
abessive		*raccahëtta	*raccahitta

Reconstruction notes

Only adverbial forms (e.g. meaning "on horseback") survive in most descendants.

Derived terms

• *rac'astadak
• *raccu

Descendants

• ⇒ Estonian: ratsa
• ⇒ Finnish: ratsain, ratsailla
• Ingrian: ratsas
• ⇒ Karelian: raččahalla, raččahassa
• ⇒ Livonian: ratsõl
• ⇒ Livvi: raččahas, raččahin
• ⇒ Ludian: raccahil
• ⇒ Veps: rachau
• ⇒ Võro: ratsa
• ⇒ Votic: rattsa, rattsõz

Further reading

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