Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ragënta

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian rakanda).

Noun

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*ragënta

  1. milk pail

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: (dialectal) raand
  • Finnish: (dialectal) rainta, raenta, rajenta
  • Ingrian: raenta
  • Karelian:
    • South Karelian: raenda (dialectal)
  • Livvi: rajendo
  • Ludian: ragend
  • Veps: ragend

Further reading

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  • 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]‎[1] (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