Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/raika

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 edit

Etymology edit

From earlier *rajka, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian riẽkti (to cut).

Noun edit

*raika[1]

  1. hole

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: (dialectal) reig
  • Finnish: reikä
  • Ingrian: reikä
  • Karelian:
  • Ludian: reig
  • Veps: reig
  • Võro: raig
  • >? Votic: (rare, obsolete) reikä
  • ? Proto-Samic: *rājkē (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*raika”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading edit

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