Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rak'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 *frakaz (whence Middle Dutch vrac, Old English fræc), related to *frekaz (“greedy”).

Adjective

*rak'as (Northern Finnic)

1. greedy

   Synonyms: *ahnas, *ahnëh

2. eager, willing

   Synonym: *kërnas

3. kind, benevolent
4. dear, beloved

   Synonym: *armas

Inflection

Inflection of *rak'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		*rak'as	*rakkahët
accusative		*rakkahën	*rakkahët
genitive		*rakkahën	*rak'astën *rakkahidën
partitive		*rak'asta	*rakkahita
inessive		*rakkahëssa *rakkahëhna	*rakkahissa *rakkahihna
elative		*rakkahësta	*rakkahista
illative		*rakkahësën	*rakkahisën
adessive		*rakkahëlla	*rakkahilla
ablative		*rakkahëlta	*rakkahilta
allative		*rakkahëlën *rakkahëlëk	*rakkahilën *rakkahilëk
essive		*rak'assa	*rakkahina
translative		*rakkahëksi	*rakkahiksi
instructive		*rakkahën	*rakkahin
comitative		*rak'assëk	*rakkahinëk
abessive		*rakkahëtta	*rakkahitta

Descendants

• Finnish: rakas
  • → Northern Sami: ráhkis
  • → Inari Sami: räähis
  • → Skolt Sami: rääʹǩǩes
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: rakaš
  • South Karelian: rakaš
• Livvi: rakas

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “rakas”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN