Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rac'as
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *raidijaz, *raidaz (whence Old English rǣde (“ready to ride, mounted (on a horse)”).
Noun
[edit]*rac'as[1]
Inflection
[edit]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
[edit]Only adverbial forms (e.g. meaning "on horseback") survive in most descendants.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- ⇒ Estonian: ratsa
- ⇒ Finnish: ratsain, ratsailla
- Ingrian: ratsas
- ⇒ Karelian: raččahalla, raččahassa
- ⇒ Livonian: ratsõl
- ⇒ Livvi: raččahas, raččahin
- ⇒ Ludian: raccahil
- ⇒ Veps: rachau
- ⇒ Võro: ratsa
- ⇒ Votic: rattsa, rattsõz
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ratsa”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012