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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rehto
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Middle Low German wrechte (“corral”)).
Noun
*rehto
- distance between two poles in a fence
Inflection
Inflection of *rehto
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rehto | *rehtot | |
| accusative | *rehton | *rehtot | |
| genitive | *rehton | *rehtoden *rehtoiden | |
| partitive | *rehtoda | *rehtoida | |
| inessive | *rehtossa *rehtohna | *rehtoissa *rehtoihna | |
| elative | *rehtosta | *rehtoista | |
| illative | *rehtohen | *rehtoihen | |
| adessive | *rehtolla | *rehtoilla | |
| ablative | *rehtolta | *rehtoilta | |
| allative | *rehtolen *rehtolek | *rehtoilen *rehtoilek | |
| essive | *rehtona | *rehtoina | |
| translative | *rehtoksi | *rehtoiksi | |
| instructive | *rehton | *rehtoin | |
| comitative | *rehtonek | *rehtoinek | |
| abessive | *rehtotta | *rehtoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: rõht
- Finnish: rehto
- Karelian: riehto
- Livonian: rõ’ut
- Livvi: rehto
- Ludian: rieht
- Veps: reht
Further reading
- rõht in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “rehto”, in 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