Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ronkka
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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]Noun
[edit]*ronkka[1]
- raven (Corvus corax)
- Synonym: *karnëh
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *ronkka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ronkka | *ronk'at | |
| accusative | *ronk'an | *ronk'at | |
| genitive | *ronk'an | *ronkkadën *ronkkëidën | |
| partitive | *ronkkada | *ronkkëida | |
| inessive | *ronk'assa *ronk'ahna |
*ronk'ëissa *ronk'ëihna | |
| elative | *ronk'asta | *ronk'ëista | |
| illative | *ronkkahën | *ronkkëihën | |
| adessive | *ronk'alla | *ronk'ëilla | |
| ablative | *ronk'alta | *ronk'ëilta | |
| allative | *ronkkalën *ronkkalëk |
*ronkkëilën *ronkkëilëk | |
| essive | *ronkkana | *ronkkëina | |
| translative | *ronk'aksi | *ronk'ëiksi | |
| instructive | *ronk'an | *ronk'ëin | |
| comitative | *ronkkanëk | *ronkkëinëk | |
| abessive | *ronk'atta | *ronk'ëitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: ronk
- → Livonian: kronk
- Finnish: (dialectal) ⇒ ronkkua, ronkua ("to caw (esp. raven)")
- Livvi: ⇒ kronkkua, kronkottua ("to caw (raven)")
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ronk”, 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), “ronkkua”, in 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