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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/roivas

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

Unknown.

Noun

*roivas

  1. sheaf of flax or hemp

Inflection
Inflection of *roivas
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *roivas *roivahët
accusative *roivahën *roivahët
genitive *roivahën *roivastën
*roivahidën
partitive *roivasta *roivahita
inessive *roivahëssa
*roivahëhna		 *roivahissa
*roivahihna
elative *roivahësta *roivahista
illative *roivahësën *roivahisën
adessive *roivahëlla *roivahilla
ablative *roivahëlta *roivahilta
allative *roivahëlën
*roivahëlëk		 *roivahilën
*roivahilëk
essive *roivassa *roivahina
translative *roivahëksi *roivahiksi
instructive *roivahën *roivahin
comitative *roivassëk *roivahinëk
abessive *roivahëtta *roivahitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: rõivas ("clothing")
  • Finnish: roivas
  • Ingrian: roivaz
  • Karelian: roivas
  • Livvi: roivas
  • Ludian: roivaz
  • Veps: roivaz
  • Võro: rõivas ("fabric, cloth")
  • Votic: roivõz
  • → Proto-Samic: *ruojvēs

Further reading
  • “rõivas”, 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), “roivas”, 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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