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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rooko

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Proto-Baltic *drōgas (whence Old Prussian drogis (reed)), or less likely from Germanic (compare Proto-West Germanic *brōk).

Noun

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*rooko[1]

  1. reed (Phragmites)

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: roog
  • Finnish: ruoko
  • Ingrian: rooko, rooku
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: rūogõz
  • Livvi: ruogo
  • Ludian: ruog
  • Veps: rogo
  • Võro: ruug
  • Votic: rooko
  • ? Proto-Samic: *ruokō (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*rooko”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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  • roog”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012