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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/roota

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *rōdō or from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old Norse tróð).

Noun

*roota

  1. fishbone
  2. rachis
  3. tang of a knife

Inflection

Descendants

From *roota:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) ruota
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: ruota
    • South Karelian: ruoda
  • Livvi: ruodu
  • Ludian: ruod
  • Veps: rod

From *rooto:

  • Estonian: rood
  • Finnish: ruoto
  • Ingrian: rooto
  • Livonian: rūod
  • Votic: rooto

Further reading

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