Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rooka
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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 pre-Proto-Germanic *rōkā (“care, attention”), whence Middle High German ruoche. Doublet of *rookko.
Noun
*rooka[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *rooka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rooka | *roogat | |
| accusative | *roogan | *roogat | |
| genitive | *roogan | *rookadën *rookëidën | |
| partitive | *rookada | *rookëida | |
| inessive | *roogassa *roogahna |
*roogëissa *roogëihna | |
| elative | *roogasta | *roogëista | |
| illative | *rookahën | *rookëihën | |
| adessive | *roogalla | *roogëilla | |
| ablative | *roogalta | *roogëilta | |
| allative | *rookalën *rookalëk |
*rookëilën *rookëilëk | |
| essive | *rookana | *rookëina | |
| translative | *roogaksi | *roogëiksi | |
| instructive | *roogan | *roogëin | |
| comitative | *rookanëk | *rookëinëk | |
| abessive | *roogatta | *roogëitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: roog
- Finnish: ruoka
- Ingrian: rooka
- Karelian:
- Livvi: ruogu
- Ludian: ruog
- Võro: ruug
- Votic: rookõ
References
Further reading
- “roog”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012