Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rutto

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

Cognate with Proto-Samic *rottō.This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

*rutto

1. fast, quick, rapid

Noun

*rutto

1. hurry

   Synonym: *kiireh

Inflection

Inflection of *rutto

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*rutto	*rut'ot
accusative		*rut'on	*rut'ot
genitive		*rut'on	*ruttodën *ruttoidën
partitive		*ruttoda	*ruttoida
inessive		*rut'ossa *rut'ohna	*rut'oissa *rut'oihna
elative		*rut'osta	*rut'oista
illative		*ruttohën	*ruttoihën
adessive		*rut'olla	*rut'oilla
ablative		*rut'olta	*rut'oilta
allative		*ruttolën *ruttolëk	*ruttoilën *ruttoilëk
essive		*ruttona	*ruttoina
translative		*rut'oksi	*rut'oiksi
instructive		*rut'on	*rut'oin
comitative		*ruttonëk	*ruttoinëk
abessive		*rut'otta	*rut'oitta

Descendants

• Estonian: rutt
• Finnish: rutto ("plague")
  • → Inari Sami: rotto ("plague")
  • → Northern Sami: rohttu ("plague")
• ⇒ Ingrian: ruttoo
• Karelian: rutto
• Livvi: rutto
• Võro: rutt
• Votic: rutto

Further reading

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