< Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic

Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rüstä

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

Possibly sound-symbolic.

Noun

*rüstä

  1. knuckle

Inflection

Descendants

From *rüstä:

  • Estonian: (dialectal) rüss
  • Finnish: (dialectal) rystä
  • Ludian: rüüst

From *rüstü:

  • Finnish: rysty, rystynen
  • Ingrian: rysty, ryssy
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: ryššyt
    • South Karelian: rystyt
  • Livvi: rystyt
  • Votic: rüssü

Further reading

  • rüss”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “rysty”, 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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.