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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rooho

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

Probably from Proto-Germanic *grasą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-.

Noun

*rooho

  1. grass

Inflection
Inflection of *rooho
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *rooho *roohot
accusative *roohon *roohot
genitive *roohon *roohoden
*roohoiden
partitive *roohoda *roohoida
inessive *roohossa
*roohohna		 *roohoissa
*roohoihna
elative *roohosta *roohoista
illative *roohohen *roohoihen
adessive *rooholla *roohoilla
ablative *rooholta *roohoilta
allative *rooholen
*rooholek		 *roohoilen
*roohoilek
essive *roohona *roohoina
translative *roohoksi *roohoiksi
instructive *roohon *roohoin
comitative *roohonek *roohoinek
abessive *roohotta *roohoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: rohi
  • Finnish: ruoho
  • Ingrian: rooho
  • Karelian: ruoho
  • Livonian: (Courland) rõ’u, rõ’uv, (Salaca) ruoi
  • Veps: roho
  • Võro: ruuh
  • Votic: roho

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