Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rankka

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *strangaz.

Adjective

*rankka^[1]

Inflection

Inflection of *rankka

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*rankka	*rank'at
accusative	*rank'an	*rank'at
genitive	*rank'an	rankkadën rankkoidën
partitive	*rankkada	*rankkoida
inessive	rank'assa rank'ahna	rank'oissa rank'oihna
elative	*rank'asta	*rank'oista
illative	*rankkahën	*rankkoihën
adessive	*rank'alla	*rank'oilla
ablative	*rank'alta	*rank'oilta
allative	rankkalën rankkalëk	rankkoilën rankkoilëk
essive	*rankkana	*rankkoina
translative	*rank'aksi	*rank'oiksi
instructive	*rank'an	*rank'oin
comitative	*rankkanëk	*rankkoinëk
abessive	*rank'atta	*rank'oitta

Descendants

From *rankka:

Estonian: (dialectal) rank
Finnish: rankka
Ingrian: rankka
Karelian:
- North Karelian: rankka
- South Karelian: rankka
Livvi: rankku
Votic: rankkõ

From *ränkkä:

Estonian: ränk
Livonian: rǟnka
Võro: ränk

References

^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*rAnkkA”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)

Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “rankka”, 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
“ränk”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

[1] Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*rAnkkA”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[1] (in Finnish)

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