Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/raha

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 early Proto-Germanic *skrahā (“squirrel skin”), later *skrahō, whence also Old Norse skrá.

Noun

*raha[1]

  1. squirrel pelt
  2. money

Inflection

Inflection of *raha
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *raha *rahat
accusative *rahan *rahat
genitive *rahan *rahadën
*rahoidën
partitive *rahada *rahoida
inessive *rahassa
*rahahna 		*rahoissa
*rahoihna
elative *rahasta *rahoista
illative *rahahën *rahoihën
adessive *rahalla *rahoilla
ablative *rahalta *rahoilta
allative *rahalën
*rahalëk 		*rahoilën
*rahoilëk
essive *rahana *rahoina
translative *rahaksi *rahoiksi
instructive *rahan *rahoin
comitative *rahanëk *rahoinëk
abessive *rahatta *rahoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: raha
  • Finnish: raha
  • Ingrian: raha
  • Karelian: raha
  • Livonian: rǭ
  • Livvi: raha
  • Veps: raha
  • Võro: raha
  • Votic: raha

References

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

Further reading

  • “raha”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.