rata

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • (rail transport) railroad track
  • (sports) track, lane, course
  • (curling) sheet area of ice on which one game of curling is played
  • orbit path of one object around another
  • course sequence of events
  • trajectory, course path of a body as it travels through space

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *rata derived from Proto-Germanic *tradō (track, way, spoor).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*tradō

Gloss

track, way, spoor

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