Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ruuhi

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 Proto-Germanic *þrūhs.

Noun

*ruuhi

1. dugout (canoe)
2. trough

   Synonyms: *aldas, *kaukalo, *künä

Inflection

Inflection of *ruuhi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*ruuhi	*ruuhët
accusative		*ruuhën	*ruuhët
genitive		*ruuhën	*ruuhtën *ruuhidën
partitive		*ruuhta	*ruuhida
inessive		*ruuhëssa *ruuhëhna	*ruuhissa *ruuhihna
elative		*ruuhësta	*ruuhista
illative		*ruuhëhën	*ruuhihën
adessive		*ruuhëlla	*ruuhilla
ablative		*ruuhëlta	*ruuhilta
allative		*ruuhëlën *ruuhëlëk	*ruuhilën *ruuhilëk
essive		*ruuhëna	*ruuhina
translative		*ruuhëksi	*ruuhiksi
instructive		*ruuhën	*ruuhin
comitative		*ruuhënëk	*ruuhinëk
abessive		*ruuhëtta	*ruuhitta

Descendants

• Estonian: ruhi
• Finnish: ruuhi
• Ingrian: ruuhi
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: ruuhi
  • South Karelian: ruuhi
• Livvi: ruuhi
• Ludian: ruuhi
• Veps: ruuhd, ruuh
• Võro: ruih
• Votic: rohi-, ruhi- (in compounds: rohipuu, ruhipuu)

Further reading

• “ruhi”, 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), “ruuhi”, 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