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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
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]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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