Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rinta

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 edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

*rinta

  1. breast
  2. chest

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: rind
  • Finnish: rinta
  • Ingrian: rinta
  • Karelian: rinta, rinda
  • Livonian: rīnda
  • Livvi: rindu
  • Ludian: rind
  • Veps: rind
  • Võro: rind
  • Votic: rintõ

Further reading edit

  • rind”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012