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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/roivas

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

Unknown.

Noun

*roivas

  1. sheaf of flax or hemp

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: rõivas ("clothing")
  • Finnish: roivas
  • Ingrian: roivaz
  • Karelian: roivas
  • Livvi: roivas
  • Ludian: roivaz
  • Veps: roivaz
  • Võro: rõivas ("fabric, cloth")
  • Votic: roivõz
  • Proto-Samic: *ruojvēs

Further reading

  • rõivas in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), roivas”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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