Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/raskas

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 the root of *rasëda with a substitution of the adjective ending (from *-EdA to *-As, as in *veeras). The *-k- is more difficult to explain; it may be from *-kka (and the complete suffix be in fact *-k'as), which may have become ungeminated to prevent a phonotactically impossible **-skk-.

Adjective

*raskas

1. heavy, weighty

Inflection

Inflection of *raskas

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*raskas	*raskahët
accusative		*raskahën	*raskahët
genitive		*raskahën	*raskastën *raskahidën
partitive		*raskasta	*raskahita
inessive		*raskahëssa *raskahëhna	*raskahissa *raskahihna
elative		*raskahësta	*raskahista
illative		*raskahësën	*raskahisën
adessive		*raskahëlla	*raskahilla
ablative		*raskahëlta	*raskahilta
allative		*raskahëlën *raskahëlëk	*raskahilën *raskahilëk
essive		*raskassa	*raskahina
translative		*raskahëksi	*raskahiksi
instructive		*raskahën	*raskahin
comitative		*raskassëk	*raskahinëk
abessive		*raskahëtta	*raskahitta

Descendants

• Finnish: raskas
• Ingrian: raskas
• Karelian: raskas
• Votic: raskõz

From *raskëda:

• Estonian: raske

Further reading

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