Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rusu
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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
Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *trusa- (whence Old Norse trys, tros and dialectal Swedish tross).
Noun
*rusu[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *rusu
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rusu | *rusut | |
| accusative | *rusun | *rusut | |
| genitive | *rusun | *rusudën *rusuidën | |
| partitive | *rusuda | *rusuida | |
| inessive | *rusussa *rusuhna |
*rusuissa *rusuihna | |
| elative | *rususta | *rusuista | |
| illative | *rusuhën | *rusuihën | |
| adessive | *rusulla | *rusuilla | |
| ablative | *rusulta | *rusuilta | |
| allative | *rusulën *rusulëk |
*rusuilën *rusuilëk | |
| essive | *rusuna | *rusuina | |
| translative | *rusuksi | *rusuiksi | |
| instructive | *rusun | *rusuin | |
| comitative | *rusunëk | *rusuinëk | |
| abessive | *rusutta | *rusuitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: rusu
- → Livonian: ruzū
- Finnish: (dialectal) rusu, ⇒ rusentaa
- Ingrian: rusu
- Karelian:
- Livonian: ⇒ ru’zzõ
- Livvi: ruzu
- Veps: ruzu
Further reading
- “rusu”, 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), “rusentaa”, 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