Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/raika
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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 *rajka, borrowed from Proto-Baltic (whence Lithuanian riẽkti (“to cut”).
Noun
*raika[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *raika
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *raika | *raigat | |
| accusative | *raigan | *raigat | |
| genitive | *raigan | *raikadën *raikoidën | |
| partitive | *raikada | *raikoida | |
| inessive | *raigassa *raigahna |
*raigoissa *raigoihna | |
| elative | *raigasta | *raigoista | |
| illative | *raikahën | *raikoihën | |
| adessive | *raigalla | *raigoilla | |
| ablative | *raigalta | *raigoilta | |
| allative | *raikalën *raikalëk |
*raikoilën *raikoilëk | |
| essive | *raikana | *raikoina | |
| translative | *raigaksi | *raigoiksi | |
| instructive | *raigan | *raigoin | |
| comitative | *raikanëk | *raikoinëk | |
| abessive | *raigatta | *raigoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: (dialectal) reig
- Finnish: reikä
- Ingrian: reikä
- Karelian:
- Ludian: reig
- Veps: reig
- Võro: raig
- → Estonian: raig
- >? Votic: (rare, obsolete) reikä
- →? Proto-Samic: *rājkē (see there for further descendants)
References
Further reading
- “raig”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012