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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rac'as

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 *raidijaz, *raidaz (whence Old English ræde (“ready to ride, mounted (on a horse)”).

Noun

*rac'as

  1. mount, steed; riding horse
    Synonym: *raccu

Inflection
Inflection of *rac'as
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *rac'as *raccahët
accusative *raccahën *raccahët
genitive *raccahën *rac'astën
*raccahidën
partitive *rac'asta *raccahita
inessive *raccahëssa
*raccahëhna		 *raccahissa
*raccahihna
elative *raccahësta *raccahista
illative *raccahësën *raccahisën
adessive *raccahëlla *raccahilla
ablative *raccahëlta *raccahilta
allative *raccahëlën
*raccahëlëk		 *raccahilën
*raccahilëk
essive *rac'assa *raccahina
translative *raccahëksi *raccahiksi
instructive *raccahën *raccahin
comitative *rac'assëk *raccahinëk
abessive *raccahëtta *raccahitta

Reconstruction notes

Only adverbial forms (e.g. meaning "on horseback") survive in most descendants.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • ⇒ Estonian: ratsa
  • ⇒ Finnish: ratsain, ratsailla
  • Ingrian: ratsas
  • ⇒ Karelian: raččahalla, raččahassa
  • ⇒ Livonian: ratsõl
  • ⇒ Livvi: raččahas, raččahin
  • ⇒ Ludian: raccahil
  • ⇒ Veps: rachau
  • ⇒ Võro: ratsa
  • ⇒ Votic: rattsa, rattsõz

Further reading
  • “ratsa”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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