Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rohtin
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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]Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. The short *o is probably more original, with secondary lengthening in Eastern Finnish, Ingrian, Ludian and Karelian (cf. *johtattadak, *pohtadak, *rohtidak).
Noun
[edit]*rohtin (Northern Finnic)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *rohtin
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rohtin | *rohtimët | |
| accusative | *rohtimën | *rohtimët | |
| genitive | *rohtimën | *rohtindën *rohtimidën | |
| partitive | *rohtinta | *rohtimita | |
| inessive | *rohtimëssa *rohtimëhna |
*rohtimissa *rohtimihna | |
| elative | *rohtimësta | *rohtimista | |
| illative | *rohtimësën | *rohtimisën | |
| adessive | *rohtimëlla | *rohtimilla | |
| ablative | *rohtimëlta | *rohtimilta | |
| allative | *rohtimëlën *rohtimëlëk |
*rohtimilën *rohtimilëk | |
| essive | *rohtimëna | *rohtimina | |
| translative | *rohtimëksi | *rohtimiksi | |
| instructive | *rohtimën | *rohtimin | |
| comitative | *rohtimënëk | *rohtiminëk | |
| abessive | *rohtimëtta | *rohtimitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Finnish: rohdin, (dialectal) ruohdin
- Ingrian: roohtimet pl
- Karelian:
- Livvi: ruohtin, ruohtimet pl
- Ludian: ruohtim
- Veps: rohtim
Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “rohdin”, 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