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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/raika

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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

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Etymology

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From earlier *rajka, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian riẽkti (to cut).

Noun

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*raika[1]

  1. hole

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: (dialectal) reig
  • Finnish: reikä
  • Ingrian: reikä
  • Karelian:
  • Ludian: reig
  • Veps: reig
  • Võro: raig
  • >? Votic: (rare, obsolete) reikä
  • ? Proto-Samic: *rājkē (see there for further descendants)

References

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

Further reading

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