Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/raici

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 earlier *rajti, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian rietas (“thigh”)). Akin to Proto-Samic *ruojtë.

Noun

*raici

1. thigh

Inflection

Inflection of *raici

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*raici	*raidët
accusative		*raidën	*raidët
genitive		*raidën	*rait'ën *raicidën
partitive		*raitta	*raicida
inessive		*raidëssa *raidëhna	*raicissa *raicihna
elative		*raidësta	*raicista
illative		*raitëhën	*raicihën
adessive		*raidëlla	*raicilla
ablative		*raidëlta	*raicilta
allative		*raitëlën *raitëlëk	*raicilën *raicilëk
essive		*rainna	*raicina
translative		*raidëksi	*raiciksi
instructive		*raidën	*raicin
comitative		*rainnëk	*raicinëk
abessive		*raidëtta	*raicitta

Descendants

• Estonian: reis
• Finnish: reisi
• Ingrian: reis
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: reisi
  • South Karelian: reizi
• Livvi: reiži
• Ludian: reiž
• Veps: reiž
• Võro: rais
• Votic: reisi

Further reading

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