Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rinta
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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
Unknown. Cognate with Proto-Samic *rëntē. Germanic origin, such as from Proto-Norse *ᛊᛏᚱᛁᚾᛞᚨ- (*strinda-) (whence Old Norse strind (“border, side, land”), Norwegian strind (“slice, line, row”)) is unlikely due to the semantic gap.
Noun
*rinta[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *rinta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rinta | *rindat | |
| accusative | *rindan | *rindat | |
| genitive | *rindan | *rintadën *rintoidën | |
| partitive | *rintada | *rintoida | |
| inessive | *rindassa *rindahna |
*rindoissa *rindoihna | |
| elative | *rindasta | *rindoista | |
| illative | *rintahën | *rintoihën | |
| adessive | *rindalla | *rindoilla | |
| ablative | *rindalta | *rindoilta | |
| allative | *rintalën *rintalëk |
*rintoilën *rintoilëk | |
| essive | *rintana | *rintoina | |
| translative | *rindaksi | *rindoiksi | |
| instructive | *rindan | *rindoin | |
| comitative | *rintanëk | *rintoinëk | |
| abessive | *rindatta | *rindoitta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Estonian: rind
- Finnish: rinta
- Ingrian: rinta
- Karelian:
- Livonian: rīnda
- Livvi: rindu
- Ludian: rind
- Veps: rind
- Võro: rind
- Votic: rintõ
Further reading
- “rind”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012