Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rohto

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

Either derived from *rooho, or borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *ghróh₁-to- (whence Old Norse gróðr, Swedish grodd).

Noun

*rohto

  1. herb, medicinal
  2. grass

Inflection

Inflection of *rohto
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *rohto *rohtot
accusative *rohton *rohtot
genitive *rohton *rohtodën
*rohtoidën
partitive *rohtoda *rohtoida
inessive *rohtossa
*rohtohna 		*rohtoissa
*rohtoihna
elative *rohtosta *rohtoista
illative *rohtohën *rohtoihën
adessive *rohtolla *rohtoilla
ablative *rohtolta *rohtoilta
allative *rohtolën
*rohtolëk 		*rohtoilën
*rohtoilëk
essive *rohtona *rohtoina
translative *rohtoksi *rohtoiksi
instructive *rohton *rohtoin
comitative *rohtonëk *rohtoinëk
abessive *rohtotta *rohtoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: roht
  • Finnish: rohto, (dialectal) rohtu
  • Votic: (Jõgõperä) rohto

Further reading

  • “roht”, 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), “rohto”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (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
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