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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rako

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

Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian spraga and Lithuanian spraga).

Noun

*rako

  1. crack
  2. slit, slot

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: pragu, (dialectal) ragu
  • Finnish: rako
    • Northern Sami: ráhku
  • Ingrian: rako
  • Karelian: (Northern) rako, (Southern) rago
  • Livvi: rago
  • Votic: rako

Further reading

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