Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/riuku

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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 Proto-Germanic [Term?] (whence Norwegian Nynorsk truge (snowshoe), Old Norse þrjúgr, Swedish tryga).[1]

Noun[edit]

*riuku

  1. pole (thin delimbed tree trunk)

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Finnish: riuku
    • Estonian: (dialectal) riug
  • Ingrian: riuku
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: riugu
  • Votic: riuku

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.

Further reading[edit]

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