Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ruhtinas
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *druhtinaz.
Noun
*ruhtinas (Northern Finnic)
Inflection
Inflection of *ruhtinas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ruhtinas | *ruhtinasët | |
| accusative | *ruhtinasën | *ruhtinasët | |
| genitive | *ruhtinasën | *ruhtinastën *ruhtinasidën | |
| partitive | *ruhtinasta | *ruhtinasida | |
| inessive | *ruhtinasëssa *ruhtinasëhna |
*ruhtinasissa *ruhtinasihna | |
| elative | *ruhtinasësta | *ruhtinasista | |
| illative | *ruhtinasëhën | *ruhtinasihën | |
| adessive | *ruhtinasëlla | *ruhtinasilla | |
| ablative | *ruhtinasëlta | *ruhtinasilta | |
| allative | *ruhtinasëlën *ruhtinasëlëk |
*ruhtinasilën *ruhtinasilëk | |
| essive | *ruhtinassa | *ruhtinasina | |
| translative | *ruhtinasëksi | *ruhtinasiksi | |
| instructive | *ruhtinasën | *ruhtinasin | |
| comitative | *ruhtinassëk | *ruhtinasinëk | |
| abessive | *ruhtinasëtta | *ruhtinasitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: ruhtinas
From *rohtina (a later loan from Proto-Norse *ᛞᚱᛟᚺᛏᛁᚾᚨᛉ (*drohtinaʀ)):
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: (dialectal; Tver) ruohtina (in compound: šyndyruohtina (“Savior, Messiah”))
Further reading
- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “ruhtinas”, 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