Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rëngas
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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowing from early Proto-Germanic *hrengaz (“ring”) (later *hringaz).
Noun
*rëngas[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *rëngas
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rëngas | *rëngahët | |
| accusative | *rëngahën | *rëngahët | |
| genitive | *rëngahën | *rëngastën *rëngahidën | |
| partitive | *rëngasta | *rëngahita | |
| inessive | *rëngahëssa *rëngahëhna |
*rëngahissa *rëngahihna | |
| elative | *rëngahësta | *rëngahista | |
| illative | *rëngahësën | *rëngahisën | |
| adessive | *rëngahëlla | *rëngahilla | |
| ablative | *rëngahëlta | *rëngahilta | |
| allative | *rëngahëlën *rëngahëlëk |
*rëngahilën *rëngahilëk | |
| essive | *rëngassa | *rëngahina | |
| translative | *rëngahëksi | *rëngahiksi | |
| instructive | *rëngahën | *rëngahin | |
| comitative | *rëngassëk | *rëngahinëk | |
| abessive | *rëngahëtta | *rëngahitta | |
Synonyms
Descendants
- Estonian: rõngas
- Finnish: rengas
- Ingrian: rengas
- Karelian: (Northern) renkas, (Southern) rengas
- Livvi: rengas
- Ludian: rengaz
- ⇒ Veps: renkhaine
- Votic: rõngõz
References
- “rõngas”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä (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