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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rookko

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 *rōkō (“care, attention”). Doublet of *rooka.

Noun

*rookko

  1. care
  2. feeding
  3. order

Inflection
Inflection of *rookko
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *rookko *rook'ot
accusative *rook'on *rook'ot
genitive *rook'on *rookkodën
*rookkoidën
partitive *rookkoda *rookkoida
inessive *rook'ossa
*rook'ohna		 *rook'oissa
*rook'oihna
elative *rook'osta *rook'oista
illative *rookkohën *rookkoihën
adessive *rook'olla *rook'oilla
ablative *rook'olta *rook'oilta
allative *rookkolën
*rookkolëk		 *rookkoilën
*rookkoilëk
essive *rookkona *rookkoina
translative *rook'oksi *rook'oiksi
instructive *rook'on *rook'oin
comitative *rookkonëk *rookkoinëk
abessive *rook'otta *rook'oitta

Descendants
  • Finnish: ruokko
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: rūok ?
  • Livvi: ruokko
  • ⇒ Ludian: ruokkoh

Further reading
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ruokko”, 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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