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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rat'as

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-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian rats, Lithuanian ratas), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hret-.

Noun

*rat'as

  1. wheel
    Synonym: *pöörä
  2. (in the plural) cart

Inflection
Inflection of *rat'as
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *rat'as *rattahet
accusative *rattahen *rattahet
genitive *rattahen *rat'asten
*rattahiden
partitive *rat'asta *rattahita
inessive *rattahessa
*rattahehna		 *rattahissa
*rattahihna
elative *rattahesta *rattahista
illative *rattahesen *rattahisen
adessive *rattahella *rattahilla
ablative *rattahelta *rattahilta
allative *rattahelen
*rattahelek		 *rattahilen
*rattahilek
essive *rat'assa *rattahina
translative *rattaheksi *rattahiksi
instructive *rattahen *rattahin
comitative *rat'assek *rattahinek
abessive *rattahetta *rattahitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: ratas, rattad pl
  • Finnish: ratas, rattaat pl
    • → Inari Sami: räätis
    • → Northern Sami: ráhtis
  • Ingrian: ratas, rattahat pl
  • Karelian: ratas, rattahat pl
  • Livonian: ratāz, rattõd pl
  • Livvi: ratas
  • Ludian: rataz
  • Võro: ratas, rattaq pl
  • Votic: rataz, rattad pl

Further reading
  • ratas in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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