Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/routa
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian grúodas (“frozen mud or earth”)).
Noun
*routa
- ground frost (frozen top layer of soil caused by cold weather in winter)
- Synonym: *kirci
Inflection
Inflection of *routa
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *routa | *roudat | |
| accusative | *roudan | *roudat | |
| genitive | *roudan | *routadën *routëidën | |
| partitive | *routada | *routëida | |
| inessive | *roudassa *roudahna |
*roudëissa *roudëihna | |
| elative | *roudasta | *roudëista | |
| illative | *routahën | *routëihën | |
| adessive | *roudalla | *roudëilla | |
| ablative | *roudalta | *roudëilta | |
| allative | *routalën *routalëk |
*routëilën *routëilëk | |
| essive | *routana | *routëina | |
| translative | *roudaksi | *roudëiksi | |
| instructive | *roudan | *roudëin | |
| comitative | *routanëk | *routëinëk | |
| abessive | *roudatta | *roudëitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: routa
- → Estonian: (dialectal) rõud
- Ingrian: routa
- Karelian:
- Livvi: roudu
- Ludian: roud
- Veps: roud
- Votic: routõ, (Kattila, Mati) rõuta
Further reading
- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “routa”, 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