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

1. ring, hoop

Inflection

Inflection of *rëngas

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
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]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN