Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rauna

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

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*hrauna), from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Icelandic hraun, Danish røn).

Noun

*rauna

1. heap of stones

   Synonym: *varëh

2. small stones on the bottom of a lake

Inflection

Inflection of *rauna

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*rauna	*raunat
accusative		*raunan	*raunat
genitive		*raunan	*raunadën *raunëidën
partitive		*raunada	*raunëida
inessive		*raunassa *raunahna	*raunëissa *raunëihna
elative		*raunasta	*raunëista
illative		*raunahën	*raunëihën
adessive		*raunalla	*raunëilla
ablative		*raunalta	*raunëilta
allative		*raunalën *raunalëk	*raunëilën *raunëilëk
essive		*raunana	*raunëina
translative		*raunaksi	*raunëiksi
instructive		*raunan	*raunëin
comitative		*raunanëk	*raunëinëk
abessive		*raunatta	*raunëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: raun
• Finnish: (dialectal) rauna

From *raunijo (either derived with *-ijo or a separate borrowing from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*hraunia-)):

• Finnish: raunio
• Ingrian: raunio
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: raunivo
    • → Russian: (dialectal) [script needed] (róvnica)
• Votic: raunio

Further reading

• “raun”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “raunio”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN