Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/roivas
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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
Unknown.
Noun
*roivas[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *roivas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *roivas | *roivahët | |
| accusative | *roivahën | *roivahët | |
| genitive | *roivahën | *roivastën *roivahidën | |
| partitive | *roivasta | *roivahita | |
| inessive | *roivahëssa *roivahëhna |
*roivahissa *roivahihna | |
| elative | *roivahësta | *roivahista | |
| illative | *roivahësën | *roivahisën | |
| adessive | *roivahëlla | *roivahilla | |
| ablative | *roivahëlta | *roivahilta | |
| allative | *roivahëlën *roivahëlëk |
*roivahilën *roivahilëk | |
| essive | *roivassa | *roivahina | |
| translative | *roivahëksi | *roivahiksi | |
| instructive | *roivahën | *roivahin | |
| comitative | *roivassëk | *roivahinëk | |
| abessive | *roivahëtta | *roivahitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: rõivas ("clothing")
- Finnish: roivas
- Ingrian: roivaz
- Karelian: roivas
- Livvi: roivas
- Ludian: roivaz
- Veps: roivaz
- Võro: rõivas ("fabric, cloth")
- Votic: roivõz
- → Proto-Samic: *ruojvēs
References
Further reading
- “rõivas”, 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), “roivas”, 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