Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rooka

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 pre-Proto-Germanic *rōkā (care, attention), whence Middle High German ruoche. Doublet of *rookko.

Noun

*rooka[1]

  1. food
  2. meal

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: roog
  • Finnish: ruoka
  • Ingrian: rooka
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: ruoka
    • South Karelian: ruoga
  • Livvi: ruogu
  • Ludian: ruog
  • Võro: ruug
  • Votic: rookõ

References

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

Further reading

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