Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ruttija

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 edit

Alternative reconstruction edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*brutjā), from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old Norse bryti).[1]

Noun edit

*ruttija (Northern Finnic)

  1. steward, foreman (for slaves/servants)

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

From *ruttija:

  • Finnish: (obsolete) ruttia (slave)

From *ruttijo:

  • Finnish: (obsolete) ruttio (steward)

References edit

  1. ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.