Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/roocci

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 Old East Norse *roþs- (possibly as part of the word *rōþskarl, *rōþs­män (“rower”)), from Old Norse róðr, from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą. The name is related to the name of Roden (Roslagen), a region in eastern Sweden.

Reconstruction

This term is not traditionally reconstructed to Proto-Finnic, as most traditional chronologies date Proto-Finnic to be older than this word (from the eighth-ninth century AD). According to Kallio (2014) however, this word is at least Common Finnic, being among some of the final words common between all Finnic languages.

Noun

*roocci

1. (Common Finnic) person from the coast of Roden or Roþrin, later more generally Swede

Inflection

Inflection of *roocci

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*roocci	*rooc'it
accusative		*rooc'in	*rooc'it
genitive		*rooc'in	*rooccidën *rooccëjidën
partitive		*rooccida	*rooccëjita
inessive		*rooc'issa *rooc'ihna	*rooccëjissa *rooccëjihna
elative		*rooc'ista	*rooccëjista
illative		*rooccihën	*rooccëjisën
adessive		*rooc'illa	*rooccëjilla
ablative		*rooc'ilta	*rooccëjilta
allative		*rooccilën *rooccilëk	*rooccëjilën *rooccëjilëk
essive		*rooccina	*rooccëjina
translative		*rooc'iksi	*rooccëjiksi
instructive		*rooc'in	*rooccëjin
comitative		*rooccinëk	*rooccëjinëk
abessive		*rooc'itta	*rooccëjitta

Descendants

• Estonian: rootsi, Rootsi, (archaic) roots
• Finnish: ruotsi, Ruotsi
  • Kven: Ruottii
  • Meänkieli: Ruotti
• Ingrian: rootsi, Rootsi
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: ruočči, Ruočči
  • South Karelian: ruočči, Ruočči
• Livonian: rūotš, Rūotšmō
• Livvi: ruočči, Ruočči
• Ludian: ruoč
• Veps: Ročinma
• Võro: ruuts', Roodsi
• Votic: roottsi
• → Old East Slavic: Русь (Rusĭ) (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Novgorodian: Роусь (Rusĭ)
• → Proto-Permic:
  • Komi-Permyak: роч (roć)
  • Komi-Zyrian: роч (roć)
  • Udmurt: ӟуч (dźuć)
• → Proto-Samic:
  • Inari Sami: Ruotâ
  • Kildin Sami: Рӯц (Rūc)
  • Northern Sami: Ruoŧŧa
  • Skolt Sami: Ruõcc
  • Ume Sami: Ruohtsa