Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rasva

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

By regular metathesis from earlier *rawsa, borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare German Gekröse (“innards”)).

Noun

*rasva

1. fat

Inflection

Inflection of *rasva

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*rasva	*rasvat
accusative		*rasvan	*rasvat
genitive		*rasvan	*rasvadën *rasvoidën
partitive		*rasvada	*rasvoida
inessive		*rasvassa *rasvahna	*rasvoissa *rasvoihna
elative		*rasvasta	*rasvoista
illative		*rasvahën	*rasvoihën
adessive		*rasvalla	*rasvoilla
ablative		*rasvalta	*rasvoilta
allative		*rasvalën *rasvalëk	*rasvoilën *rasvoilëk
essive		*rasvana	*rasvoina
translative		*rasvaksi	*rasvoiksi
instructive		*rasvan	*rasvoin
comitative		*rasvanëk	*rasvoinëk
abessive		*rasvatta	*rasvoitta

Synonyms

• *kuu

Descendants

• Estonian: rasv, rasu
• Finnish: rasva
• Ingrian: rasva
• Karelian: rašva, razva
• Livonian: razā
• Livvi: razvu
• Ludian: razv
• Veps: razv
• Võro: rasv, rasõv
• Votic: razvõ

References

• “rasv”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[2] (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