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

Etymology

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

*rinta

1. breast
2. chest

Inflection

Inflection of *rinta

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*rinta	*rindat
accusative		*rindan	*rindat
genitive		*rindan	*rintadën *rintoidën
partitive		*rintada	*rintoida
inessive		*rindassa *rindahna	*rindoissa *rindoihna
elative		*rindasta	*rindoista
illative		*rintahën	*rintoihën
adessive		*rindalla	*rindoilla
ablative		*rindalta	*rindoilta
allative		*rintalën *rintalëk	*rintoilën *rintoilëk
essive		*rintana	*rintoina
translative		*rindaksi	*rindoiksi
instructive		*rindan	*rindoin
comitative		*rintanëk	*rintoinëk
abessive		*rindatta	*rindoitta

Derived terms

• *rindus

Descendants

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

Further reading

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