Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ragënta
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian rakanda).
Noun
*ragënta
Inflection
Inflection of *ragënta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ragënta | *ragëndat | |
| accusative | *ragëndan | *ragëndat | |
| genitive | *ragëndan | *ragëntadën *ragëntoidën | |
| partitive | *ragëntata | *ragëntoita | |
| inessive | *ragëndassa *ragëndahna |
*ragëndoissa *ragëndoihna | |
| elative | *ragëndasta | *ragëndoista | |
| illative | *ragëntasën | *ragëntoisën | |
| adessive | *ragëndalla | *ragëndoilla | |
| ablative | *ragëndalta | *ragëndoilta | |
| allative | *ragëntalën *ragëntalëk |
*ragëntoilën *ragëntoilëk | |
| essive | *ragëntana | *ragëntoina | |
| translative | *ragëndaksi | *ragëndoiksi | |
| instructive | *ragëndan | *ragëndoin | |
| comitative | *ragëntanëk | *ragëntoinëk | |
| abessive | *ragëndatta | *ragëndoitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: (dialectal) raand
- Finnish: (dialectal) rainta, raenta, rajenta
- Ingrian: raenta
- Karelian:
- South Karelian: raenda (dialectal)
- Livvi: rajendo
- Ludian: ragend
- Veps: ragend
Further reading
- “raand”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “rainta”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (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