Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rahka

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *dragjō.

Noun

*rahka

1. quark (soft creamy cheese)
2. curd
3. rheum, sleep, pus, white liquid

Inflection

Inflection of *rahka

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*rahka	*rahkat
accusative		*rahkan	*rahkat
genitive		*rahkan	*rahkadën *rahkoidën
partitive		*rahkada	*rahkoida
inessive		*rahkassa *rahkahna	*rahkoissa *rahkoihna
elative		*rahkasta	*rahkoista
illative		*rahkahën	*rahkoihën
adessive		*rahkalla	*rahkoilla
ablative		*rahkalta	*rahkoilta
allative		*rahkalën *rahkalëk	*rahkoilën *rahkoilëk
essive		*rahkana	*rahkoina
translative		*rahkaksi	*rahkoiksi
instructive		*rahkan	*rahkoin
comitative		*rahkanëk	*rahkoinëk
abessive		*rahkatta	*rahkoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: (dialectal) rahk
• Finnish: rahka
• Ingrian: rahka
• Karelian: rahka
• Veps: rahk
• Võro: rahk
• Votic: rahkõ

Further reading

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