Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rooko
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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-Baltic *drōgas (whence Old Prussian drogis (“reed”)), or less likely from Germanic (compare Proto-West Germanic *brōk).
Noun
*rooko[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *rooko
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rooko | *roogot | |
| accusative | *roogon | *roogot | |
| genitive | *roogon | *rookodën *rookoidën | |
| partitive | *rookoda | *rookoida | |
| inessive | *roogossa *roogohna |
*roogoissa *roogoihna | |
| elative | *roogosta | *roogoista | |
| illative | *rookohën | *rookoihën | |
| adessive | *roogolla | *roogoilla | |
| ablative | *roogolta | *roogoilta | |
| allative | *rookolën *rookolëk |
*rookoilën *rookoilëk | |
| essive | *rookona | *rookoina | |
| translative | *roogoksi | *roogoiksi | |
| instructive | *roogon | *roogoin | |
| comitative | *rookonëk | *rookoinëk | |
| abessive | *roogotta | *roogoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: roog
- Finnish: ruoko
- Ingrian: rooko, rooku
- Karelian:
- Livonian: rūogõz
- Livvi: ruogo
- Ludian: ruog
- Veps: rogo
- Võro: ruug
- Votic: rooko
- →? Proto-Samic: *ruokō (see there for further descendants)
References
Further reading
- “roog”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012