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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ronkka

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

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

*ronkka[1]

  1. raven (Corvus corax)
    Synonym: *karnëh

Inflection
Inflection of *ronkka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *ronkka *ronk'at
accusative *ronk'an *ronk'at
genitive *ronk'an *ronkkadën
*ronkkëidën
partitive *ronkkada *ronkkëida
inessive *ronk'assa
*ronk'ahna		 *ronk'ëissa
*ronk'ëihna
elative *ronk'asta *ronk'ëista
illative *ronkkahën *ronkkëihën
adessive *ronk'alla *ronk'ëilla
ablative *ronk'alta *ronk'ëilta
allative *ronkkalën
*ronkkalëk		 *ronkkëilën
*ronkkëilëk
essive *ronkkana *ronkkëina
translative *ronk'aksi *ronk'ëiksi
instructive *ronk'an *ronk'ëin
comitative *ronkkanëk *ronkkëinëk
abessive *ronk'atta *ronk'ëitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: ronk
    • → Livonian: kronk
  • Finnish: (dialectal) ⇒ ronkkua, ronkua ("to caw (esp. raven)")
  • Livvi: ⇒ kronkkua, kronkottua ("to caw (raven)")

References
  1. Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*ronkka”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading
  • ronk in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ronkkua”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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