Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/raici
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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
From earlier *rajti, borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence Lithuanian rietas (“thigh”)). Akin to Proto-Samic *ruojtë.
Noun
*raici[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *raici
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *raici | *raidët | |
| accusative | *raidën | *raidët | |
| genitive | *raidën | *rait'ën *raicidën | |
| partitive | *raitta | *raicida | |
| inessive | *raidëssa *raidëhna |
*raicissa *raicihna | |
| elative | *raidësta | *raicista | |
| illative | *raitëhën | *raicihën | |
| adessive | *raidëlla | *raicilla | |
| ablative | *raidëlta | *raicilta | |
| allative | *raitëlën *raitëlëk |
*raicilën *raicilëk | |
| essive | *rainna | *raicina | |
| translative | *raidëksi | *raiciksi | |
| instructive | *raidën | *raicin | |
| comitative | *rainnëk | *raicinëk | |
| abessive | *raidëtta | *raicitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: reis
- Finnish: reisi
- Ingrian: reis
- Karelian:
- Livvi: reiži
- Ludian: reiž
- Veps: reiž
- Võro: rais
- Votic: reisi
References
Further reading
- “reis”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012