Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/raccu

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

From *rac'as +‎ *-u.

Noun

*raccu

1. mount, steed; riding horse

   Synonym: *rac'as

Inflection

Inflection of *raccu

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*raccu	*rac'ut
accusative		*rac'un	*rac'ut
genitive		*rac'un	*raccudën *raccuidën
partitive		*raccuda	*raccuida
inessive		*rac'ussa *rac'uhna	*rac'uissa *rac'uihna
elative		*rac'usta	*rac'uista
illative		*raccuhën	*raccuihën
adessive		*rac'ulla	*rac'uilla
ablative		*rac'ulta	*rac'uilta
allative		*racculën *racculëk	*raccuilën *raccuilëk
essive		*raccuna	*raccuina
translative		*rac'uksi	*rac'uiksi
instructive		*rac'un	*rac'uin
comitative		*raccunëk	*raccuinëk
abessive		*rac'utta	*rac'uitta

Descendants

• Estonian: ratsu
• Finnish: ratsu
• Ingrian: ratsu
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: račču
• Livvi: račču

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ratsu”, 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