Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rugis

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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]

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *rugiz. Has also been compared with Baltic words (like Latvian rudzis, Lithuanian rugỹs, Old Prussian rugis), but a borrowing from Baltic or Balto-Slavic would not have resulted in *rugis, but **rugëh.[1]

Noun[edit]

*rugis

  1. rye

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: rukis
  • Finnish: ruis
  • Ingrian: ruis
  • Karelian: ruis
  • Livonian: ri’ggõz
  • Livvi: ruiš
  • Ludian: rugiž
  • Veps: rugiž
  • Votic: rüiz, ruiz

References[edit]

  • rukis”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri. The prehistoric context of the oldest contacts between Baltic and Finnic languages. SUST 266 (2012)