Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rakja

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Akin to Proto-Samic *ruovjē (“limb”), *ruovjitēk (“to cut up a slaughtered animal”), both possibly old borrowings from a Germanic source akin to *rakjaną (“to straighten”), presuming a sense development "that which is straightened" > "limb".

Liukkonen (1999) proposes borrowing from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rankjā-, a variant of *ránkāˀ (“hand”) (whence e.g. Lithuanian ranka).

Noun

*rakja

limb

Hyponyms

*jalka (“foot, leg”)
*käci (“hand, arm”)

Derived terms

*rakjoidak (“to cut up a slaughtered animal; to beat”)

Descendants

Finnish: raaja, ravio
Karelian: roakie
Livonian: raigā
Veps: ragj
Võro: rag'a, ragja

From *rakjoidak:

Estonian: raiuma
Finnish: raajoa (dialectal)
Votic: raďďoa

References

Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija (editors). 1992–2000. Suomen sanojen alkuperä ('The Origin of Finnish Words'). Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus/Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. →ISBN.
Liukkonen, Kari. 1999. Baltisches im Finnischen. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 235. →ISBN

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