Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rooho
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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]Probably from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-.
Noun
[edit]*rooho[1]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *rooho
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rooho | *roohot | |
| accusative | *roohon | *roohot | |
| genitive | *roohon | *roohodën *roohoidën | |
| partitive | *roohoda | *roohoida | |
| inessive | *roohossa *roohohna |
*roohoissa *roohoihna | |
| elative | *roohosta | *roohoista | |
| illative | *roohohën | *roohoihën | |
| adessive | *rooholla | *roohoilla | |
| ablative | *rooholta | *roohoilta | |
| allative | *rooholën *rooholëk |
*roohoilën *roohoilëk | |
| essive | *roohona | *roohoina | |
| translative | *roohoksi | *roohoiksi | |
| instructive | *roohon | *roohoin | |
| comitative | *roohonëk | *roohoinëk | |
| abessive | *roohotta | *roohoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: rohi
- Finnish: ruoho
- Ingrian: rooho
- Karelian:
- Livonian: (Salaca) ruoi
- Veps: roho
- Võro: ruuh
- Votic: roho
- → Ingrian: roho
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “rohi”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012