Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rooko

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 Proto-Baltic *drōgas (whence Old Prussian drogis (“reed”)), or less likely from Germanic (compare Proto-West Germanic *brōk).

Noun

*rooko[1]

  1. reed (Phragmites)

Inflection

Inflection of *rooko
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *rooko *roogot
accusative *roogon *roogot
genitive *roogon *rookodën
*rookoidën
partitive *rookoda *rookoida
inessive *roogossa
*roogohna 		*roogoissa
*roogoihna
elative *roogosta *roogoista
illative *rookohën *rookoihën
adessive *roogolla *roogoilla
ablative *roogolta *roogoilta
allative *rookolën
*rookolëk 		*rookoilën
*rookoilëk
essive *rookona *rookoina
translative *roogoksi *roogoiksi
instructive *roogon *roogoin
comitative *rookonëk *rookoinëk
abessive *roogotta *roogoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: roog
  • Finnish: ruoko
  • Ingrian: rooko, rooku
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: ruoko
    • South Karelian: ruogo
  • Livonian: rūogõz
  • Livvi: ruogo
  • Ludian: ruog
  • Veps: rogo
  • Võro: ruug
  • Votic: rooko
  • →? Proto-Samic: *ruokō (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*rooko”, 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
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