Ruotsi
Finnish
Etymology
From archaic ruotsi (“Swede”), from Old Swedish *roþs- (“related to rowing”); related to Old Norse Roþrslandi (“the land of rowing”), older name of Roslagen from where much of the Swedish-speaking population on the west coast of Finland originates, from roðr (“steering oar”), from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą (“rudder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”).[1]
Compare modern Swedish ro (“to row”). Cognates in Baltic-Finnic and Sami languages include Estonian Rootsi, Veps Ročinma, Võro Roodsi, Northern Sami Ruoŧŧa. See also etymology section of ryssä (“Russian”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈruo̯tsi/, [ˈruo̞̯t̪s̠i]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -uotsi
- Hyphenation: Ruot‧si
Declension
| Inflection of Ruotsi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ruotsi | — | |
| genitive | Ruotsin | — | |
| partitive | Ruotsia | — | |
| illative | Ruotsiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Ruotsi | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Ruotsi | — |
| gen. | Ruotsin | ||
| genitive | Ruotsin | — | |
| partitive | Ruotsia | — | |
| inessive | Ruotsissa | — | |
| elative | Ruotsista | — | |
| illative | Ruotsiin | — | |
| adessive | Ruotsilla | — | |
| ablative | Ruotsilta | — | |
| allative | Ruotsille | — | |
| essive | Ruotsina | — | |
| translative | Ruotsiksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Ruotsitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Derived terms
- ruotsalainen
- ruotsi (language)
Compounds
- ruotsinlaiva
- ruotsinruotsi
- ruotsinsuomi
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.
References
- Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.
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