Rootsi

See also: rootsi

Estonian

Etymology

From archaic roots (Swede), from Proto-Finnic *roocci, borrowed from Old East Norse *roþs- (related to rowing); related to Old Norse Roþrslandi (the land of rowing), older name of Roslagen, where the Finns and Swedes first met, from róðr (steering oar), from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą (rudder), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (to row). Cognate to Finnish Ruotsi, Võro Roodsi, Livvi Ruočči (Finland), Ludian ruoťš́ (Finland, Sweden, a Finn, a Lutheran), English Russia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈroːtsi/

Proper noun

Rootsi

  1. Sweden (a country in Europe)
  2. the name of some villages in Estonia

Declension

Ingrian

Rootsen kartta.

Etymology

From rootsi.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈroːt͡si/, [ˈroːt͡s̠ʲ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈroːt͡si/, [ˈro̝ːt͡si]
  • Rhymes: -oːt͡sʲ, -oːt͡si
  • Hyphenation: root‧si

Proper noun

Rootsi

  1. Sweden (a country in Europe)

Declension

Declension of Rootsi (type 5/lehti, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative Rootsi Rootset
genitive Rootsen Rootsiin, Rootsiloin
partitive Rootsia Rootsija, Rootsiloja
illative Rootsee Rootsii, Rootsiloihe
inessive Rootsees Rootsiis, Rootsilois
elative Rootsest Rootsist, Rootsiloist
allative Rootselle Rootsille, Rootsiloille
adessive Rootseel Rootsiil, Rootsiloil
ablative Rootselt Rootsilt, Rootsiloilt
translative Rootseks Rootsiks, Rootsiloiks
essive Rootsenna, Rootseen Rootsinna, Rootsiloinna, Rootsiin, Rootsiloin
exessive1) Rootsent Rootsint, Rootsiloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

  • L. G. Terehova; V. G. Erdeli (1936), P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, transl., Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 46
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