Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/raika
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editFrom earlier *rajka, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian riẽkti (“to cut”).
Noun
edit*raika[1]
Inflection
editInflection of *raika
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *raika | *raigat | |
accusative | *raigan | *raigat | |
genitive | *raigan | *raikadën *raikoidën | |
partitive | *raikada | *raikoida | |
inessive | *raigassa *raigahna |
*raigoissa *raigoihna | |
elative | *raigasta | *raigoista | |
illative | *raikahën | *raikoihën | |
adessive | *raigalla | *raigoilla | |
ablative | *raigalta | *raigoilta | |
allative | *raikalën *raikalëk |
*raikoilën *raikoilëk | |
essive | *raikana | *raikoina | |
translative | *raigaksi | *raigoiksi | |
instructive | *raigan | *raigoin | |
comitative | *raikanëk | *raikoinëk | |
abessive | *raigatta | *raigoitta |
Descendants
edit- Estonian: (dialectal) reig
- Finnish: reikä
- Ingrian: reikä
- Karelian:
- Ludian: reig
- Veps: reig
- Võro: raig
- → Estonian: raig
- >? Votic: (rare, obsolete) reikä
- →? Proto-Samic: *rājkē (see there for further descendants)
References
editFurther reading
edit- “raig”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012