Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/roukka

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*hraukaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz.

Noun

*roukka[1]

  1. heap, pile
  2. stook

Inflection

Descendants

  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: (dialectal) roukka
    • South Karelian: (dialectal) roukka
  • Livvi: roukku
  • Veps: rouk

From *roukko:

  • Estonian: rõuk
  • Finnish: (dialectal) roukko
  • Ingrian: roukko
  • Võro: rõuk
  • Votic: (Kõrvõttula, Mati, Rudja) rõukko

From *roukku:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) roukku
  • Votic: rõukku

From *roukkijo (+ *-ijo):

Further reading

  • rõuk”, 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), “roukko”, 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

References

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