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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/raika

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

From earlier *rajka, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian riẽkti (“to cut”).

Noun

*raika[1]

  1. hole

Inflection
Inflection of *raika
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *raika *raigat
accusative *raigan *raigat
genitive *raigan *raikadën
*raikoidën
partitive *raikada *raikoida
inessive *raigassa
*raigahna		 *raigoissa
*raigoihna
elative *raigasta *raigoista
illative *raikahën *raikoihën
adessive *raigalla *raigoilla
ablative *raigalta *raigoilta
allative *raikalën
*raikalëk		 *raikoilën
*raikoilëk
essive *raikana *raikoina
translative *raigaksi *raigoiksi
instructive *raigan *raigoin
comitative *raikanëk *raikoinëk
abessive *raigatta *raigoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: (dialectal) reig
  • Finnish: reikä
  • Ingrian: reikä
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: reikä
    • South Karelian: reigä
  • Ludian: reig
  • Veps: reig
  • Võro: raig
  • >? Votic: (rare, obsolete) reikä
  • →? Proto-Samic: *rājkē (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*raika”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • “raig”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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