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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Perhaps borrowed from Baltic (compare Latvian ragavas, Latgalian rogovos, Lithuanian ragės), although the vowel in the first syllable is problematic.
Noun
*reki
- sledge, sleigh
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*reki
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*reget
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accusative
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*regen
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*reget
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genitive
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*regen
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*rekeden *rekiden
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partitive
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*rekedä
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*rekidä
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inessive
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*regessä *regehnä
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*regissä *regihnä
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elative
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*regestä
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*registä
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illative
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*rekehen
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*rekihen
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adessive
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*regellä
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*regillä
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ablative
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*regeltä
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*regiltä
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allative
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*rekelen *rekelek
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*rekilen *rekilek
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essive
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*rekenä
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*rekinä
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translative
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*regeksi
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*regiksi
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instructive
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*regen
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*regin
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comitative
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*rekenek
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*rekinek
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abessive
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*regettä
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*regittä
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Coordinate terms
- *sepä (“front part of a sleigh”)
Descendants
References
- ^ Junttila, Santeri. The prehistoric context of the oldest contacts between Baltic and Finnic languages. SUST 266 (2012)
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*reki”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)
- “regi”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012