Borrowed from Swedish dräng, from Old Norse drengr, from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz. Sense 2 is inspired by Norwegian dreng (“a boy, lad”). Attested since the time of Mikael Agricola (16th century), originally as trenki.
renki
| Inflection of renki (Kotus type 5*G/risti, nk-ng gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | renki | rengit | |
| genitive | rengin | renkien | |
| partitive | renkiä | renkejä | |
| illative | renkiin | renkeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | renki | rengit | |
| accusative | nom. | renki | rengit |
| gen. | rengin | ||
| genitive | rengin | renkien | |
| partitive | renkiä | renkejä | |
| inessive | rengissä | rengeissä | |
| elative | rengistä | rengeistä | |
| illative | renkiin | renkeihin | |
| adessive | rengillä | rengeillä | |
| ablative | rengiltä | rengeiltä | |
| allative | rengille | rengeille | |
| essive | renkinä | renkeinä | |
| translative | rengiksi | rengeiksi | |
| abessive | rengittä | rengeittä | |
| instructive | — | rengein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Borrowed from Swedish dräng, from Old Norse drengr.
renki (genitive , partitive )
renki