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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rauna

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-Norse [script needed] (*hrauna), from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Icelandic hraun, Danish røn).[1]

Noun

*rauna

  1. heap of stones
    Synonym: *varëh
  2. small stones on the bottom of a lake

Inflection
Inflection of *rauna
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *rauna *raunat
accusative *raunan *raunat
genitive *raunan *raunadën
*raunëidën
partitive *raunada *raunëida
inessive *raunassa
*raunahna		 *raunëissa
*raunëihna
elative *raunasta *raunëista
illative *raunahën *raunëihën
adessive *raunalla *raunëilla
ablative *raunalta *raunëilta
allative *raunalën
*raunalëk		 *raunëilën
*raunëilëk
essive *raunana *raunëina
translative *raunaksi *raunëiksi
instructive *raunan *raunëin
comitative *raunanëk *raunëinëk
abessive *raunatta *raunëitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: raun
  • Finnish: (dialectal) rauna

From *raunijo (either derived with *-ijo or a separate borrowing from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*hraunia-)):

  • Finnish: raunio
  • Ingrian: raunio
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: raunivo
      • → Russian: (dialectal) [script needed] (róvnica)
  • Votic: raunio

References
  1. Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.

Further reading
  • “raun”, 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), “raunio”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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