Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rëuna

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 Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian briauna).

Noun

*rëuna

  1. edge, brink, rim

Inflection

Inflection of *rëuna
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *rëuna *rëunat
accusative *rëunan *rëunat
genitive *rëunan *rëunadën
*rëunëidën
partitive *rëunada *rëunëida
inessive *rëunassa
*rëunahna 		*rëunëissa
*rëunëihna
elative *rëunasta *rëunëista
illative *rëunahën *rëunëihën
adessive *rëunalla *rëunëilla
ablative *rëunalta *rëunëilta
allative *rëunalën
*rëunalëk 		*rëunëilën
*rëunëilëk
essive *rëunana *rëunëina
translative *rëunaksi *rëunëiksi
instructive *rëunan *rëunëin
comitative *rëunanëk *rëunëinëk
abessive *rëunatta *rëunëitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: (dialectal) rõun
  • Finnish: reuna
    • → Inari Sami: revni
  • Ingrian: reuna
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: reunu
  • Ludian: reun
  • Veps: röun

Further reading

  • “rõõne”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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