Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ragëh

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

Unknown. Possibly from an onomatopoeic root (compare Estonian ragisema) with +‎ *-ëh.

Noun

*ragëh

1. hailstone; (in the plural) hail (precipitation)

Inflection

Inflection of *ragëh

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*ragëh	*rakëhët
accusative		*rakëhën	*rakëhët
genitive		*rakëhën	*ragëhtën *rakëhidën
partitive		*ragëhta	*rakëhita
inessive		*rakëhëssa *rakëhëhna	*rakëhissa *rakëhihna
elative		*rakëhësta	*rakëhista
illative		*rakëhësën	*rakëhisën
adessive		*rakëhëlla	*rakëhilla
ablative		*rakëhëlta	*rakëhilta
allative		*rakëhëlën *rakëhëlëk	*rakëhilën *rakëhilëk
essive		*rakëhëna	*rakëhina
translative		*rakëhëksi	*rakëhiksi
instructive		*rakëhën	*rakëhin
comitative		*rakëhënëk	*rakëhinëk
abessive		*rakëhëtta	*rakëhitta

Descendants

• Estonian: rahe
• Finnish: rae
• Ingrian: rae
• Karelian: ruah
• ⇒ Livonian: ra’gdõ
• Votic: ragõ

From *ragis? (possibly by reanalysis via the plural form *rakëhët)

• Livvi: raiš
• Ludian: ragiž
• Veps: ragiž

Further reading

• Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “rae”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[2] (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