Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rak'as
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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-Germanic *frakaz (whence Middle Dutch vrac, Old English fræc), related to *frekaz (“greedy”).
Adjective
*rak'as (Northern Finnic)
Inflection
Inflection of *rak'as
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rak'as | *rakkahët | |
| accusative | *rakkahën | *rakkahët | |
| genitive | *rakkahën | *rak'astën *rakkahidën | |
| partitive | *rak'asta | *rakkahita | |
| inessive | *rakkahëssa *rakkahëhna |
*rakkahissa *rakkahihna | |
| elative | *rakkahësta | *rakkahista | |
| illative | *rakkahësën | *rakkahisën | |
| adessive | *rakkahëlla | *rakkahilla | |
| ablative | *rakkahëlta | *rakkahilta | |
| allative | *rakkahëlën *rakkahëlëk |
*rakkahilën *rakkahilëk | |
| essive | *rak'assa | *rakkahina | |
| translative | *rakkahëksi | *rakkahiksi | |
| instructive | *rakkahën | *rakkahin | |
| comitative | *rak'assëk | *rakkahinëk | |
| abessive | *rakkahëtta | *rakkahitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “rakas”, 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