Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ranta

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 either from Proto-Germanic *strandō, or from Proto-Baltic *kranta (whence Lithuanian krantas).

Noun edit

*ranta[1]

  1. shore, strand, coast

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: rand
  • Finnish: ranta
  • Ingrian: ranta
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: rānda
  • Livvi: randu
  • Ludian: rand
  • Veps: rand
  • Võro: rand
  • Votic: rantõ
  • Proto-Samic: *rintō (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*ranta”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading edit

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