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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rooko

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 Baltic, compare Old Prussian drogis (reed), or less likely from Germanic (compare Proto-West Germanic *brōk). Cognate with Proto-Samic *ruokō.

Noun

*rooko

  1. reed

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: roog
  • Finnish: ruoko
  • Ingrian: rooko
  • Karelian: ruoko, ruogo
  • Livonian: rūogõz
  • Livvi: ruogo
  • Ludian: ruog
  • Veps: rogo
  • Võro: ruug
  • Votic: rooko

Further reading

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