Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rookko
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *rōkō (“care, attention”). Doublet of *rooka.
Noun
*rookko
Inflection
Inflection of *rookko
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rookko | *rook'ot | |
| accusative | *rook'on | *rook'ot | |
| genitive | *rook'on | *rookkodën *rookkoidën | |
| partitive | *rookkoda | *rookkoida | |
| inessive | *rook'ossa *rook'ohna |
*rook'oissa *rook'oihna | |
| elative | *rook'osta | *rook'oista | |
| illative | *rookkohën | *rookkoihën | |
| adessive | *rook'olla | *rook'oilla | |
| ablative | *rook'olta | *rook'oilta | |
| allative | *rookkolën *rookkolëk |
*rookkoilën *rookkoilëk | |
| essive | *rookkona | *rookkoina | |
| translative | *rook'oksi | *rook'oiksi | |
| instructive | *rook'on | *rook'oin | |
| comitative | *rookkonëk | *rookkoinëk | |
| abessive | *rook'otta | *rook'oitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: ruokko
- Karelian:
- Livonian: rūok ?
- Livvi: ruokko
- ⇒ Ludian: ruokkoh
- → Skolt Sami: ruâkk
- →? Kildin Sami: руэһк (ruehk)
- → Ter Sami: руэһһка (ruehhkâ)
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ruokko”, 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