Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rat'as

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian rats, Lithuanian ratas), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hret-.

Noun

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*rat'as

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

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: ratas
  • Finnish: ratas
  • Ingrian: ratas
  • Karelian: ratas
  • Livonian: ratāz
  • Livvi: ratas
  • Ludian: rataz
  • Võro: ratas
  • Votic: rataz

Further reading

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