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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rukka
 | 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-Germanic *rukkaz.
Noun
*rukka
- coat, dress, skirt
Inflection
Inflection of *rukka
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rukka | *ruk'at | |
| accusative | *ruk'an | *ruk'at | |
| genitive | *ruk'an | *rukkaden *rukkeiden | |
| partitive | *rukkada | *rukkeida | |
| inessive | *ruk'assa *ruk'ahna | *ruk'eissa *ruk'eihna | |
| elative | *ruk'asta | *ruk'eista | |
| illative | *rukkahen | *rukkeihen | |
| adessive | *ruk'alla | *ruk'eilla | |
| ablative | *ruk'alta | *ruk'eilta | |
| allative | *rukkalen *rukkalek | *rukkeilen *rukkeilek | |
| essive | *rukkana | *rukkeina | |
| translative | *ruk'aksi | *ruk'eiksi | |
| instructive | *ruk'an | *ruk'ein | |
| comitative | *rukkanek | *rukkeinek | |
| abessive | *ruk'atta | *ruk'eitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: (obsolete) rukk
- Finnish: (dialectal) rukka
- Votic: (Kattila) rukka
Further reading
- Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “rukka”, 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