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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rookkidak

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-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *rōkijaną.

Verb

*rookkidak (stem *rookki-)[1]

  1. to care for, to tend, to feed
  2. to clean, to tidy up

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: rookima/rookida
  • Finnish: ruokkia
  • Ingrian: rookkia
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: ruokkie
    • South Karelian: ruokkie
  • Livonian: rūokõ
  • Livvi: ruokkie
  • Võro: ruuk'ma/ruukiq
  • Votic: roottšia

From *rookit'ak

  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: ruokita
  • Livvi: ruokita

References

  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*rookki-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • rookima”, 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), “ruokkia”, 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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