Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ruuhi

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-Germanic *þrūhs.

Noun

*ruuhi^[1]

dugout (canoe)
trough
Synonyms: *aldas, *kaukalo, *künä

Inflection

Inflection of *ruuhi

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*ruuhi	*ruuhët
accusative	*ruuhën	*ruuhët
genitive	*ruuhën	ruuhtën ruuhidën
partitive	*ruuhta	*ruuhida
inessive	ruuhëssa ruuhëhna	ruuhissa ruuhihna
elative	*ruuhësta	*ruuhista
illative	*ruuhëhën	*ruuhihën
adessive	*ruuhëlla	*ruuhilla
ablative	*ruuhëlta	*ruuhilta
allative	ruuhëlën ruuhëlëk	ruuhilën ruuhilëk
essive	*ruuhëna	*ruuhina
translative	*ruuhëksi	*ruuhiksi
instructive	*ruuhën	*ruuhin
comitative	*ruuhënëk	*ruuhinëk
abessive	*ruuhëtta	*ruuhitta

Descendants

Estonian: ruhi
Finnish: ruuhi
Ingrian: ruuhi
Karelian:
- North Karelian: ruuhi
- South Karelian: ruuhi
Livvi: ruuhi
Ludian: ruuhi
Veps: ruuhd, ruuh
Võro: ruih
Votic: rohi-, ruhi- (in compounds: rohipuu, ruhipuu)

References

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

“ruhi”, 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), “ruuhi”, 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

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

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