Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/raivat'ak
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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
By metathesis from earlier *rawja- (cf. similar metathesis in *laiva, *raivo), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *strawjaną + *-t'ak.
Verb
*raivat'ak (stem *raivada-)
- to clear (a forest, a field etc.; to remove obstructions, impediments or unwanted items from)
Inflection
Inflection of *raivat'ak
| Note: The Proto-Finnic conjugation system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | ||||
| present | past | imperative | optative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sing. | *raivadan | *raivacin | — | *raivatkon |
| 2nd sing. | *raivadat | *raivacit | *raivadak | *raivatkos |
| 3rd sing. | *raivadapi *raivat |
*raivaci | *raivatkasën | *raivatkosën |
| 1st plur. | *raivadakmëk *raivadakmak |
*raivacimëk *raivacimak |
*raivatkatëmëk *raivatkatamak |
*raivatkotëmëk *raivatkotamak |
| 2nd plur. | *raivadaktëk *raivadaktak |
*raivacidëk *raivacidak |
*raivatkatë *raivatkata |
*raivatkot'ëk *raivatkotadak |
| 3rd plur. | *raivadabat *raivat |
*raivaci | *raivatkasën | *raivatkosën |
| passive | *raivadaksën *raivadat'aksën |
*raivattisën *raivadattihën |
*raivattakahën *raivadattagasën |
*raivattakohën *raivadattagosën |
| connegative | *raivadak | — | *raivatkak | *raivatkok |
| passive connegative | *raivadaktak | — | *raivattagak *raivadattagak |
*raivattagok *raivadattagok |
| conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
| 1st sing. | *raivadakcin | *raivacicin | *raivannën | |
| 2nd sing. | *raivadakcit | *raivacicit | *raivannët | |
| 3rd sing. | *raivadakci | *raivacici | *raivanni | |
| 1st plur. | *raivadakcimëk *raivadakcimak |
*raivacicimëk *raivacicimak |
*raivannëmëk *raivannëmak | |
| 2nd plur. | *raivadakcidëk *raivadakcidak |
*raivacicidëk *raivacicidak |
*raivannëdëk *raivannëdak | |
| 3rd plur. | *raivadakci | *raivacici | *raivanni | |
| passive | *raivat'akcihën *raivadat'akcisën |
*raivatticihën *raivadatticisën |
*raivattanëhën *raivadattanësën | |
| connegative | *raivadakcik | *raivacicik | *raivannëk | |
| passive connegative | *raivat'akcik *raivadat'akcik |
*raivatticik *raivadatticik |
*raivattanëk *raivadattanëk | |
| non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
| active | passive | |||
| infinitive 1 | *raivat'ak | present | *raivadapa | *raivattapa *raivadattaba |
| infinitive 2 | *raivattë- | past | *raivannut | *raivattu *raivadattu |
| gerund/supine | *raivadama | |||
| action noun | *raivadaminen | |||
Descendants
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “raivata”, 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