Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/riista

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.

Noun

*riista

1. object, item, ware
2. grain, cereal

Inflection

Inflection of *riista

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*riista	*riistat
accusative		*riistan	*riistat
genitive		*riistan	*riistadën *riistoidën
partitive		*riistada	*riistoida
inessive		*riistassa *riistahna	*riistoissa *riistoihna
elative		*riistasta	*riistoista
illative		*riistahën	*riistoihën
adessive		*riistalla	*riistoilla
ablative		*riistalta	*riistoilta
allative		*riistalën *riistalëk	*riistoilën *riistoilëk
essive		*riistana	*riistoina
translative		*riistaksi	*riistoiksi
instructive		*riistan	*riistoin
comitative		*riistanëk	*riistoinëk
abessive		*riistatta	*riistoitta

Descendants

• Estonian: riist
• Finnish: riista
• Ingrian: riista
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: riista
  • South Karelian: riista
• Livonian: rīst
• Livvi: riistu
• Veps: rišt
• Võro: riist
• Votic: riissõ

Further reading

• “riist”, 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), “riista”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN