Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rohto

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Either derived from *rooho, or borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *ghróh₁-to- (whence Old Norse gróðr, Swedish grodd).

Noun[edit]

*rohto

  1. herb, medicinal
  2. grass

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: roht
  • Finnish: rohto, (dialectal) rohtu
  • Votic: (Jõgõperä) rohto

Further reading[edit]

  • roht”, 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), “rohto”, 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