Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rabait'ak

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 the same onomatopoeic root as *rabistak, or alternatively, and less likely, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *drabaną +‎ *-ait'ak.

Verb

*rabait'ak (stem *rapaida-)[1]

  1. to thresh sheaves by beating them against something
  2. to hit, to beat, to strike

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: rabama/rabada
  • Finnish: (dialectal) ravata
  • Ingrian: ravata
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: ra’bbõ
  • Livvi: ravata
  • Ludian: rabaita
  • Võro: rabama/rabadaq
  • Votic: (Jõgõperä, Mati) ravata
  • Latvian: rabāt

Further reading

  • rabama”, 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), “ravata”, 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

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*rapaida-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)