Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ruja

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

According to SSA, possibly sound-symbolic and related to Northern Sami rojas (“unwell, sickly looking”).[1]

Adjective

*ruja[2]

  1. sick, ill
  2. frail
  3. crippled

Inflection

Inflection of *ruja
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *ruja *rujat
accusative *rujan *rujat
genitive *rujan *rujadën
*rujëidën
partitive *rujada *rujëida
inessive *rujassa
*rujahna 		*rujëissa
*rujëihna
elative *rujasta *rujëista
illative *rujahën *rujëihën
adessive *rujalla *rujëilla
ablative *rujalta *rujëilta
allative *rujalën
*rujalëk 		*rujëilën
*rujëilëk
essive *rujana *rujëina
translative *rujaksi *rujëiksi
instructive *rujan *rujëin
comitative *rujanëk *rujëinëk
abessive *rujatta *rujëitta

Descendants

From *ruja:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) ruja
  • Livonian: rujā

From *rujo:

References

  1. ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “rujo”, 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
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*ruja-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)
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