Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/roota

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *rōdō or from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old Norse tróð).

Noun

*roota

1. fishbone
2. rachis
3. tang of a knife

Inflection

Inflection of *roota

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*roota	*roodat
accusative		*roodan	*roodat
genitive		*roodan	*rootadën *rootëidën
partitive		*rootada	*rootëida
inessive		*roodassa *roodahna	*roodëissa *roodëihna
elative		*roodasta	*roodëista
illative		*rootahën	*rootëihën
adessive		*roodalla	*roodëilla
ablative		*roodalta	*roodëilta
allative		*rootalën *rootalëk	*rootëilën *rootëilëk
essive		*rootana	*rootëina
translative		*roodaksi	*roodëiksi
instructive		*roodan	*roodëin
comitative		*rootanëk	*rootëinëk
abessive		*roodatta	*roodëitta

Descendants

From *roota:

• Finnish: (dialectal) ruota
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: ruota
  • South Karelian: ruoda
• Livvi: ruodu
• Ludian: ruod
• Veps: rod

From *rooto:

• Estonian: rood
• Finnish: ruoto
• Ingrian: rooto
• Livonian: rūod
• Votic: rooto

Further reading

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