Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/risti
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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]Borrowed from Early Old East Slavic крьстъ (krĭstŭ, “cross”) or from Late Proto-Slavic *krьstъ, ultimately from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós).[1]
Noun
[edit]*risti[2]
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *risti
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *risti | *ristit | |
| accusative | *ristin | *ristit | |
| genitive | *ristin | *ristiden *ristejiden | |
| partitive | *ristidä | *ristejitä | |
| inessive | *ristissä *ristihnä |
*ristejissä *ristejihnä | |
| elative | *rististä | *ristejistä | |
| illative | *ristihen | *ristejisen | |
| adessive | *ristillä | *ristejillä | |
| ablative | *ristiltä | *ristejiltä | |
| allative | *ristilen *ristilek |
*ristejilen *ristejilek | |
| essive | *ristinä | *ristejinä | |
| translative | *ristiksi | *ristejiksi | |
| instructive | *ristin | *ristejin | |
| comitative | *ristinek | *ristejinek | |
| abessive | *ristittä | *ristejittä | |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: rist
- Finnish: risti
- Ingrian: risti
- Karelian:
- Livonian: rišt
- Livvi: ristu
- Ludian: rist
- Veps: rist
- Võro: rist'
- Votic: rissi
- → Lule Sami: rissta
- → Northern Sami: rista
- → Inari Sami: ristâ
- → Skolt Sami: ristt
- → Kildin Sami: рысст (rysst)
References
[edit]- ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “risti”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 22 September 2025
- ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*risti”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary][2] (in Finnish)
Further reading
[edit]- “rist”, 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), “risti”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][3] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN