Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rat'as
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rat'as. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rat'as, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rat'as in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rat'as you have here. The definition of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rat'as will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofReconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rat'as, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
 |
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-Baltic (whence Latvian rats, Lithuanian ratas), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hret-.
Noun
*rat'as[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *rat'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 | *rat'as | *rattahët | |
| accusative | *rattahën | *rattahët | |
| genitive | *rattahën | *rat'astën *rattahidën | |
| partitive | *rat'asta | *rattahita | |
| inessive | *rattahëssa *rattahëhna |
*rattahissa *rattahihna | |
| elative | *rattahësta | *rattahista | |
| illative | *rattahësën | *rattahisën | |
| adessive | *rattahëlla | *rattahilla | |
| ablative | *rattahëlta | *rattahilta | |
| allative | *rattahëlën *rattahëlëk |
*rattahilën *rattahilëk | |
| essive | *rat'assa | *rattahina | |
| translative | *rattahëksi | *rattahiksi | |
| instructive | *rattahën | *rattahin | |
| comitative | *rat'assëk | *rattahinëk | |
| abessive | *rattahëtta | *rattahitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: ratas
- Finnish: ratas
- Ingrian: ratas
- Karelian: ratas
- Livonian: ratāz
- Livvi: ratas
- Ludian: rataz
- Võro: ratas
- Votic: rataz
References
Further reading
- “ratas”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012