Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/raitti
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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-Norse (*wraituʀ), from Proto-Germanic *wraituz (whence Norwegian Nynorsk reit, Old Norse reitr, Swedish vret).[1]
Noun
*raitti
Inflection
Inflection of *raitti
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *raitti | *rait'it | |
| accusative | *rait'in | *rait'it | |
| genitive | *rait'in | *raittidën *raittëjidën | |
| partitive | *raittida | *raittëjita | |
| inessive | *rait'issa *rait'ihna |
*raittëjissa *raittëjihna | |
| elative | *rait'ista | *raittëjista | |
| illative | *raittihën | *raittëjisën | |
| adessive | *rait'illa | *raittëjilla | |
| ablative | *rait'ilta | *raittëjilta | |
| allative | *raittilën *raittilëk |
*raittëjilën *raittëjilëk | |
| essive | *raittina | *raittëjina | |
| translative | *rait'iksi | *raittëjiksi | |
| instructive | *rait'in | *raittëjin | |
| comitative | *raittinëk | *raittëjinëk | |
| abessive | *rait'itta | *raittëjitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: rait
- Finnish: raitti
- Ingrian: raitti
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: raitti
- Livvi: raitti
- Veps: rait
- Votic: raitti
References
- ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Further reading
- “rait”, in 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), “raitti”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words] (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