Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rëhto
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wrehtuz (whence Middle Low German wrechte (“corral”)).
Noun
*rëhto[1]
- distance between two poles in a fence
Inflection
Inflection of *rëhto
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rëhto | *rëhtot | |
| accusative | *rëhton | *rëhtot | |
| genitive | *rëhton | *rëhtodën *rëhtoidën | |
| partitive | *rëhtoda | *rëhtoida | |
| inessive | *rëhtossa *rëhtohna |
*rëhtoissa *rëhtoihna | |
| elative | *rëhtosta | *rëhtoista | |
| illative | *rëhtohën | *rëhtoihën | |
| adessive | *rëhtolla | *rëhtoilla | |
| ablative | *rëhtolta | *rëhtoilta | |
| allative | *rëhtolën *rëhtolëk |
*rëhtoilën *rëhtoilëk | |
| essive | *rëhtona | *rëhtoina | |
| translative | *rëhtoksi | *rëhtoiksi | |
| instructive | *rëhton | *rëhtoin | |
| comitative | *rëhtonëk | *rëhtoinëk | |
| abessive | *rëhtotta | *rëhtoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: rõht
- Finnish: rehto
- Karelian: riehto
- Livonian: rõ’ut
- Livvi: rehto
- Ludian: rieht
- Veps: reht
References
Further reading
- “rõht”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “rehto”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN