Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/roota

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *rōdō or from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Old Norse tróð).

Noun[edit]

*roota

  1. fishbone
  2. rachis
  3. tang of a knife

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

From *roota:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) ruota
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: ruodu
  • Ludian: ruod
  • Veps: rod

From *rooto:

Further reading[edit]

  • rood”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012