Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/roiska

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

Probably sound-symbolic.

Noun

*roiska

1. whip, birch (punishment device)

Inflection

Inflection of *roiska

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*roiska	*roiskat
accusative		*roiskan	*roiskat
genitive		*roiskan	*roiskadën *roiskëidën
partitive		*roiskada	*roiskëida
inessive		*roiskassa *roiskahna	*roiskëissa *roiskëihna
elative		*roiskasta	*roiskëista
illative		*roiskahën	*roiskëihën
adessive		*roiskalla	*roiskëilla
ablative		*roiskalta	*roiskëilta
allative		*roiskalën *roiskalëk	*roiskëilën *roiskëilëk
essive		*roiskana	*roiskëina
translative		*roiskaksi	*roiskëiksi
instructive		*roiskan	*roiskëin
comitative		*roiskanëk	*roiskëinëk
abessive		*roiskatta	*roiskëitta

Descendants

• Finnish: (dialectal) roiska
• ⇒ Karelian: roiskata ("to hit, to slap")
• Livonian: rūoiska

Further reading

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “roiskua”, 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