Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rauta

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 either from Proto-Germanic *raudô (compare Old Norse rauði (iron ore)),[1] or from Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?] (corresponding to late Proto-Slavic *ruda (ore));[2] in either case ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (red) (the Proto-Germanic word through *raudaz), in reference to the reddish color of iron ores.

Noun

*rauta[3]

  1. iron

Inflection

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: raud
  • Finnish: rauta
  • Ingrian: rauta
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: rōda
  • Livvi: raudu
  • Ludian: raud
  • Veps: raud
  • Võro: raud
  • Votic: rautõ
  • ? Proto-Samic: *ruovtē

References

  1. ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2006). On the Earliest Slavic Loanwords in Finnic. In Slavica Helsingiensia 27. Helsinki. →ISBN.
  3. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*rauta”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • raud”, 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), “rauta”, 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