Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rëuna
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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
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence Lithuanian briauna).
Noun
*rëuna
Inflection
Inflection of *rëuna
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rëuna | *rëunat | |
| accusative | *rëunan | *rëunat | |
| genitive | *rëunan | *rëunadën *rëunëidën | |
| partitive | *rëunada | *rëunëida | |
| inessive | *rëunassa *rëunahna |
*rëunëissa *rëunëihna | |
| elative | *rëunasta | *rëunëista | |
| illative | *rëunahën | *rëunëihën | |
| adessive | *rëunalla | *rëunëilla | |
| ablative | *rëunalta | *rëunëilta | |
| allative | *rëunalën *rëunalëk |
*rëunëilën *rëunëilëk | |
| essive | *rëunana | *rëunëina | |
| translative | *rëunaksi | *rëunëiksi | |
| instructive | *rëunan | *rëunëin | |
| comitative | *rëunanëk | *rëunëinëk | |
| abessive | *rëunatta | *rëunëitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: (dialectal) rõun
- Finnish: reuna
- → Inari Sami: revni
- Ingrian: reuna
- Karelian:
- Livvi: reunu
- Ludian: reun
- Veps: röun
Further reading
- “rõõne”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012