Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rëngas

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

Borrowing from early Proto-Germanic *hrengaz (“ring”) (later *hringaz).

Noun

*rëngas

ring, hoop

Inflection

Inflection of *rëngas

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*rëngas	*rëngahët
accusative	*rëngahën	*rëngahët
genitive	*rëngahën	rëngastën rëngahidën
partitive	*rëngasta	*rëngahita
inessive	rëngahëssa rëngahëhna	rëngahissa rëngahihna
elative	*rëngahësta	*rëngahista
illative	*rëngahësën	*rëngahisën
adessive	*rëngahëlla	*rëngahilla
ablative	*rëngahëlta	*rëngahilta
allative	rëngahëlën rëngahëlëk	rëngahilën rëngahilëk
essive	*rëngassa	*rëngahina
translative	*rëngahëksi	*rëngahiksi
instructive	*rëngahën	*rëngahin
comitative	*rëngassëk	*rëngahinëk
abessive	*rëngahëtta	*rëngahitta

Synonyms

(ring shape): *kehä, *piiri
(metal ring): *varhoi
(hoop): *kecci, *keri, *vandëh

Descendants

Estonian: rõngas
Finnish: rengas
Ingrian: rengas
Karelian: (Northern) renkas, (Southern) rengas
Livvi: rengas
Ludian: rengaz
⇒ Veps: renkhaine
Votic: rõngõz

References

“rõngas”, 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), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

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