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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rugis

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 *rugiz. Has also been compared with Baltic words (like Latvian rudzis, Lithuanian rugỹs, Old Prussian rugis), but a borrowing from Baltic or Balto-Slavic would not have resulted in *rugis, but **rugëh.[1]

Noun

*rugis

  1. rye

Inflection
Inflection of *rugis
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *rugis *rukihët
accusative *rukihën *rukihët
genitive *rukihën *rugistën
*rukihidën
partitive *rugista *rukihita
inessive *rukihëssa
*rukihëhna		 *rukihissa
*rukihihna
elative *rukihësta *rukihista
illative *rukihësën *rukihisën
adessive *rukihëlla *rukihilla
ablative *rukihëlta *rukihilta
allative *rukihëlën
*rukihëlëk		 *rukihilën
*rukihilëk
essive *rugissa *rukihina
translative *rukihëksi *rukihiksi
instructive *rukihën *rukihin
comitative *rugissëk *rukihinëk
abessive *rukihëtta *rukihitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: rukis
  • Finnish: ruis
  • Ingrian: ruis
  • Karelian: ruis
  • Livonian: ri’ggõz
  • Livvi: ruiš
  • Ludian: rugiž
  • Veps: rugiž
  • Votic: rüiz, ruiz

References
  • “rukis”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  1. Junttila, Santeri. The prehistoric context of the oldest contacts between Baltic and Finnic languages. SUST 266 (2012)
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