Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ruttija

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

Alternative reconstruction

• *ruttia

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*brutjā), from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old Norse bryti).

Noun

*ruttija (Northern Finnic)

1. steward, foreman (for slaves/servants)

Inflection

Inflection of *ruttija

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*ruttija	*ruttijat
accusative		*ruttijan	*ruttijat
genitive		*ruttijan	*ruttijadën *ruttijoidën
partitive		*ruttijata	*ruttijoita
inessive		*ruttijassa *ruttijahna	*ruttijoissa *ruttijoihna
elative		*ruttijasta	*ruttijoista
illative		*ruttijasën	*ruttijoisën
adessive		*ruttijalla	*ruttijoilla
ablative		*ruttijalta	*ruttijoilta
allative		*ruttijalën *ruttijalëk	*ruttijoilën *ruttijoilëk
essive		*ruttijana	*ruttijoina
translative		*ruttijaksi	*ruttijoiksi
instructive		*ruttijan	*ruttijoin
comitative		*ruttijanëk	*ruttijoinëk
abessive		*ruttijatta	*ruttijoitta

Descendants

From *ruttija:

• Finnish: (obsolete) ruttia (“slave”)

From *ruttijo:

• Finnish: (obsolete) ruttio (“steward”)