< Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic
Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rooho
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Germanic *grōsō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-.
Noun
*rooho
- grass
Inflection
Inflection of *rooho
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rooho | *roohot | |
| accusative | *roohon | *roohot | |
| genitive | *roohon | *roohoden *roohoiden | |
| partitive | *roohoda | *roohoida | |
| inessive | *roohossa | *roohoissa | |
| elative | *roohosta | *roohoista | |
| illative | *roohohen | *roohoihen | |
| adessive | *rooholla | *roohoilla | |
| ablative | *rooholta | *roohoilta | |
| allative | *rooholek | *roohoilek | |
| essive | *roohona | *roohoina | |
| translative | *roohoksi | *roohoiksi | |
| instructive | *roohon | *roohoin | |
| comitative | *roohonek | *roohoinek | |
| abessive | *roohokta | *roohoikta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: rohi
- Finnish: ruoho
- Ingrian: roho, rooho
- Karelian: ruoho
- Livonian: (Courland) rõ’u, rõ’uv, (Salaca) ruoi
- Veps: roho
- Võro: ruuh
- Votic: roho
Further reading
- rohi in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN