Borrowed from Swedish dräng, from Old Norse drengr, from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz. Etymology 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