Rootsi
Estonian
Etymology
From Old Swedish *roþs- (“related to rowing”); related to Old Norse Roþrslandi (“the land of rowing”), older name of Roslagen, where the Finns and Swedes first met, from roðr (“steering oar”), from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą (“rudder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”). Cognate to Finnish Ruotsi, Livvi Ruočči (“Finland”), Ludian ruoťš́ (“Finland, Sweden, a Finn, a Lutheran”), English Russia.
Proper noun
Rootsi
- Sweden
- the name of some villages in Estonia
Declension
| Declension of Rootsi (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Rootsi | Rootsid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | Rootsi | ||
| genitive | Rootside | ||
| partitive | Rootsit | Rootsisid | |
| illative | Rootsisse | Rootsidesse | |
| inessive | Rootsis | Rootsides | |
| elative | Rootsist | Rootsidest | |
| allative | Rootsile | Rootsidele | |
| adessive | Rootsil | Rootsidel | |
| ablative | Rootsilt | Rootsidelt | |
| translative | Rootsiks | Rootsideks | |
| terminative | Rootsini | Rootsideni | |
| essive | Rootsina | Rootsidena | |
| abessive | Rootsita | Rootsideta | |
| comitative | Rootsiga | Rootsidega | |