Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/riita

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-Germanic *strīdaz.

Noun

*riita

1. quarrel

   Synonym: *tora

Inflection

Inflection of *riita

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*riita	*riidat
accusative		*riidan	*riidat
genitive		*riidan	*riitadën *riitoidën
partitive		*riitada	*riitoida
inessive		*riidassa *riidahna	*riidoissa *riidoihna
elative		*riidasta	*riidoista
illative		*riitahën	*riitoihën
adessive		*riidalla	*riidoilla
ablative		*riidalta	*riidoilta
allative		*riitalën *riitalëk	*riitoilën *riitoilëk
essive		*riitana	*riitoina
translative		*riidaksi	*riidoiksi
instructive		*riidan	*riidoin
comitative		*riitanëk	*riitoinëk
abessive		*riidatta	*riidoitta

Derived terms

• *riideldäk

Descendants

• Estonian: riid
• Finnish: riita
• Ingrian: riita
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: riita
  • South Karelian: riida
• Livonian: (Salaca) rīd
• Livvi: riidu
• Ludian: riid
• Veps: rid
• Votic: riito, riitõ

Further reading

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