Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rëuna

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

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

Noun edit

*rëuna

  1. edge, brink, rim

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: (dialectal) rõun
  • Finnish: reuna
  • Ingrian: reuna
  • Karelian:
  • Livvi: reunu
  • Ludian: reun
  • Veps: röun

Further reading edit

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