renki
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish dräng, from Old Norse drengr, from Proto-Germanic *drangijaz. Etymology 2 is inspired by Norwegian dreng (“a boy, lad”).
since the time of Mikael Agricola (16th century) Originally as trenki.
Noun
renki
- (chiefly historical) farmhand
- (obsolete, Peräpohjola dialects) a boychild (term of endearment "own son")
Declension
Inflection of renki (Kotus type 5*G/risti, nk-ng gradation) | ||||
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nominative | renki | rengit | ||
genitive | rengin | renkien | ||
partitive | renkiä | renkejä | ||
illative | renkiin | renkeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | renki | rengit | ||
accusative | nom. | renki | rengit | |
gen. | rengin | |||
genitive | rengin | renkien | ||
partitive | renkiä | renkejä | ||
inessive | rengissä | rengeissä | ||
elative | rengistä | rengeistä | ||
illative | renkiin | renkeihin | ||
adessive | rengillä | rengeillä | ||
ablative | rengiltä | rengeiltä | ||
allative | rengille | rengeille | ||
essive | renkinä | renkeinä | ||
translative | rengiksi | rengeiksi | ||
abessive | rengittä | rengeittä | ||
instructive | — | rengein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2013). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Helsinki: Sanoma Pro OY. →ISBN.
Anagrams
Karelian
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish dräng, from Old Norse drengr.
Noun
renki (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
Categories:
- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Old Norse
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Finnish terms derived from Norwegian
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish terms with historical senses
- Finnish terms with obsolete senses
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- fi:Agriculture
- fi:Occupations
- Karelian terms borrowed from Swedish
- Karelian terms derived from Swedish
- Karelian terms derived from Old Norse
- Karelian lemmas
- Karelian nouns
- krl:Agriculture
- krl:Occupations