Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rohkëda

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

Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Icelandic röskur), or alternatively derived from the same root as *rohtidak +‎ *-ëda or +‎ *-këda.

Adjective

*rohkëda

1. bold, brave

   Synonym: *julkëda

2. abundant, plentiful

Inflection

Inflection of *rohkëda

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*rohkëda	*rohkëdat
accusative		*rohkëdan	*rohkëdat
genitive		*rohkëdan	*rohkëdadën *rohkëdëidën
partitive		*rohkëdata	*rohkëdëita
inessive		*rohkëdassa *rohkëdahna	*rohkëdëissa *rohkëdëihna
elative		*rohkëdasta	*rohkëdëista
illative		*rohkëdasën	*rohkëdëisën
adessive		*rohkëdalla	*rohkëdëilla
ablative		*rohkëdalta	*rohkëdëilta
allative		*rohkëdalën *rohkëdalëk	*rohkëdëilën *rohkëdëilëk
essive		*rohkëdana	*rohkëdëina
translative		*rohkëdaksi	*rohkëdëiksi
instructive		*rohkëdan	*rohkëdëin
comitative		*rohkëdanëk	*rohkëdëinëk
abessive		*rohkëdatta	*rohkëdëitta

Descendants

• Estonian: rohke
• Finnish: rohkea
• Ingrian: rohkia
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: rohkie
  • South Karelian: rohkie
• Livvi: rohkei
• Veps: rohked ?
• Võro: rohkõ
• Votic: rõhkõa

Further reading

• “rohke”, 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), “rohkea”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN