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English

Rajala

Rajala comes from Finnish raja ‘border’, from Old East Slavic краи ‘edge’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kroyh₁-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kroyh₁-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kroyh₁-eye-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*krájīˀteireconstructed
  4. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*krojiti‘to cut’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*kràjь‘edge, end’reconstructed
  6. Old East Slavicmodernкраи‘edge’
  7. Finnishmodernraja‘border’
  8. Finnish, derivedmodernRajala
  9. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kroyh₁-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kroyh₁-eye-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*krájīˀteireconstructed
  4. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*krojiti‘to cut’reconstructed
  5. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*kràjь‘edge, end’reconstructed
  6. Old East Slavicmodernкраи‘edge’
  7. Finnishmodernraja‘border’
  8. Finnish, derivedmodernRajala
  9. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *kroyh₁-

Today it means

name A surname from Finnish.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kroyh₁- / Rajala

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