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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ragënta

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

Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian rakanda).

Noun

*ragënta

  1. milk pail

Inflection

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 Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), rainta”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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