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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rat'as

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 rats, Lithuanian ratas), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hret-.

Noun

*rat'as

  1. wheel
    Synonym: *pöörä
  2. (in the plural) cart

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: ratas, rattad pl
  • Finnish: ratas, rattaat pl
    • Inari Sami: räätis
    • Northern Sami: ráhtis
  • Ingrian: ratas, rattahat pl
  • Karelian: ratas, rattahat pl
  • Livonian: ratāz, rattõd pl
  • Livvi: ratas
  • Ludian: rataz
  • Võro: ratas, rattaq pl
  • Votic: rataz, rattad pl

Further reading

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