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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rainis
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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
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hrainiz [1].
Inflection
Inflection of *rainis
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rainis | *rainihët | |
| accusative | *rainihën | *rainihët | |
| genitive | *rainihën | *rainistën *rainihidën | |
| partitive | *rainista | *rainihita | |
| inessive | *rainihëssa *rainihëhna |
*rainihissa *rainihihna | |
| elative | *rainihësta | *rainihista | |
| illative | *rainihësën | *rainihisën | |
| adessive | *rainihëlla | *rainihilla | |
| ablative | *rainihëlta | *rainihilta | |
| allative | *rainihëlën *rainihëlëk |
*rainihilën *rainihilëk | |
| essive | *rainissa | *rainihina | |
| translative | *rainihëksi | *rainihiksi | |
| instructive | *rainihën | *rainihin | |
| comitative | *rainissëk | *rainihinëk | |
| abessive | *rainihëtta | *rainihitta | |
Descendants
- Finnish: (dialectal) rainis
- Karelian: ⇒
- South Karelian: raintuo (“to become clear”)
- Veps: rainiž
References
- 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), “rainis”, 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
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