Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rugis
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Proto-Germanic *rugiz. Has also been compared with Baltic words (like Latvian rudzis, Lithuanian rugỹs, Old Prussian rugis), but a borrowing from Baltic or Balto-Slavic would not have resulted in *rugis, but **rugëh.[1]
Noun
edit*rugis
Inflection
editInflection of *rugis
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *rugis | *rukihët | |
accusative | *rukihën | *rukihët | |
genitive | *rukihën | *rugistën *rukihidën | |
partitive | *rugista | *rukihita | |
inessive | *rukihëssa *rukihëhna |
*rukihissa *rukihihna | |
elative | *rukihësta | *rukihista | |
illative | *rukihësën | *rukihisën | |
adessive | *rukihëlla | *rukihilla | |
ablative | *rukihëlta | *rukihilta | |
allative | *rukihëlën *rukihëlëk |
*rukihilën *rukihilëk | |
essive | *rugissa | *rukihina | |
translative | *rukihëksi | *rukihiksi | |
instructive | *rukihën | *rukihin | |
comitative | *rugissëk | *rukihinëk | |
abessive | *rukihëtta | *rukihitta |
Descendants
edit- Estonian: rukis
- Finnish: ruis
- Ingrian: ruis
- Karelian: ruis
- Livonian: ri’ggõz
- Livvi: ruiš
- Ludian: rugiž
- Veps: rugiž
- Votic: rüiz, ruiz
References
edit- “rukis”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- ^ Junttila, Santeri. The prehistoric context of the oldest contacts between Baltic and Finnic languages. SUST 266 (2012)