Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rakko

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

Unknown, but clearly related to *rokko in some way.

Noun

*rakko

1. bladder
2. blister

Inflection

Inflection of *rakko

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*rakko	*rak'ot
accusative		*rak'on	*rak'ot
genitive		*rak'on	*rakkodën *rakkoidën
partitive		*rakkoda	*rakkoida
inessive		*rak'ossa *rak'ohna	*rak'oissa *rak'oihna
elative		*rak'osta	*rak'oista
illative		*rakkohën	*rakkoihën
adessive		*rak'olla	*rak'oilla
ablative		*rak'olta	*rak'oilta
allative		*rakkolën *rakkolëk	*rakkoilën *rakkoilëk
essive		*rakkona	*rakkoina
translative		*rak'oksi	*rak'oiksi
instructive		*rak'on	*rak'oin
comitative		*rakkonëk	*rakkoinëk
abessive		*rak'otta	*rak'oitta

Descendants

• Estonian: rakk
• Finnish: rakko
• Ingrian: rakko
• Karelian: rakko
• Livvi: rakko
• Ludian: rakk
• Võro: rakk
• Votic: rakko

Further reading

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