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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rauta
 | 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
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”), but the immediate source is uncertain. The word has been traditionally considered to reflect Proto-Germanic *raudan- (compare Old Norse rauði (“iron ore”)), a derivative of *raudaz (“red”), but origin from Balto-Slavic is also possible (Kallio 2006), perhaps from a form *raudā- corresponding to late Proto-Slavic *ruda (“ore”).
Noun
*rauta
- iron
Inflection
Inflection of *rauta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rauta | *raudat | |
| accusative | *raudan | *raudat | |
| genitive | *raudan | *rautaden *rauteiden | |
| partitive | *rautada | *rauteida | |
| inessive | *raudassa *raudahna | *raudeissa *raudeihna | |
| elative | *raudasta | *raudeista | |
| illative | *rautahen | *rauteihen | |
| adessive | *raudalla | *raudeilla | |
| ablative | *raudalta | *raudeilta | |
| allative | *rautalen *rautalek | *rauteilen *rauteilek | |
| essive | *rautana | *rauteina | |
| translative | *raudaksi | *raudeiksi | |
| instructive | *raudan | *raudein | |
| comitative | *rautanek | *rauteinek | |
| abessive | *raudatta | *raudeitta | |
Coordinate terms
- *vaski
Derived terms
- *rautainen
Descendants
- Estonian: raud
- Finnish: rauta
- Ingrian: rauta
- Karelian: rauta, rauda
- Livonian: rōda
- Livvi: raudu
- Ludian: raud
- Veps: raud
- Võro: raud
- Votic: rautõ
- ? → Proto-Samic: *ruovtē
References
- raud in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Kallio, Petri (2006). On the Earliest Slavic Loanwords in Finnic. In Slavica Helsingiensia 27. Helsinki. →ISBN.
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN