Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/raitti

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-Norse [script needed] (*wraituʀ), from Proto-Germanic *wraituz (whence Norwegian Nynorsk reit, Old Norse reitr, Swedish vret).

Noun

*raitti

1. row, line
2. path

Inflection

Inflection of *raitti

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*raitti	*rait'it
accusative		*rait'in	*rait'it
genitive		*rait'in	*raittidën *raittëjidën
partitive		*raittida	*raittëjita
inessive		*rait'issa *rait'ihna	*raittëjissa *raittëjihna
elative		*rait'ista	*raittëjista
illative		*raittihën	*raittëjisën
adessive		*rait'illa	*raittëjilla
ablative		*rait'ilta	*raittëjilta
allative		*raittilën *raittilëk	*raittëjilën *raittëjilëk
essive		*raittina	*raittëjina
translative		*rait'iksi	*raittëjiksi
instructive		*rait'in	*raittëjin
comitative		*raittinëk	*raittëjinëk
abessive		*rait'itta	*raittëjitta

Descendants

• Estonian: rait
• Finnish: raitti
• Ingrian: raitti
• Karelian:
  • South Karelian: raitti
• Livvi: raitti
• Veps: rait
• Votic: raitti

Further reading

• “rait”, in [ETY] 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), “raitti”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN