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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/riuku

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 [Term?] (whence Norwegian Nynorsk truge (“snowshoe”), Old Norse þrjúgr, Swedish tryga).[1]

Noun

*riuku

  1. pole (thin delimbed tree trunk)

Inflection
Inflection of *riuku
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *riuku *riugut
accusative *riugun *riugut
genitive *riugun *riukudën
*riukuidën
partitive *riukuda *riukuida
inessive *riugussa
*riuguhna		 *riuguissa
*riuguihna
elative *riugusta *riuguista
illative *riukuhën *riukuihën
adessive *riugulla *riuguilla
ablative *riugulta *riuguilta
allative *riukulën
*riukulëk		 *riukuilën
*riukuilëk
essive *riukuna *riukuina
translative *riuguksi *riuguiksi
instructive *riugun *riuguin
comitative *riukunëk *riukuinëk
abessive *riugutta *riuguitta

Descendants
  • Finnish: riuku
    • → Estonian: (dialectal) riug
  • Ingrian: riuku
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: riuku
    • South Karelian: riugu
  • Livvi: riugu
  • Votic: riuku

References
  1. Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “riuku”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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