Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/raha

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 early Proto-Germanic *skrahā (“squirrel skin”), later *skrahō, whence also Old Norse skrá.

Noun

*raha

1. squirrel pelt
2. money

Inflection

Inflection of *raha

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*raha	*rahat
accusative		*rahan	*rahat
genitive		*rahan	*rahadën *rahoidën
partitive		*rahada	*rahoida
inessive		*rahassa *rahahna	*rahoissa *rahoihna
elative		*rahasta	*rahoista
illative		*rahahën	*rahoihën
adessive		*rahalla	*rahoilla
ablative		*rahalta	*rahoilta
allative		*rahalën *rahalëk	*rahoilën *rahoilëk
essive		*rahana	*rahoina
translative		*rahaksi	*rahoiksi
instructive		*rahan	*rahoin
comitative		*rahanëk	*rahoinëk
abessive		*rahatta	*rahoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: raha
• Finnish: raha
• Ingrian: raha
• Karelian: raha
• Livonian: rǭ
• Livvi: raha
• Veps: raha
• Võro: raha
• Votic: raha

Further reading

• “raha”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012