ratta

noun. track

Cognates

• T. ratta “a track” ✧ NM/363

Derivations

• ✶ratta “a track” ✧ NM/363
  • √RAT “to find a way” ✧ NM/363

Element in

• ᴺQ. rattaraxa “tram, (lit.) track-wagon”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶ratta > ratta	[ratta]	✧ NM/363

mallë

street, road

mallë pl. maller noun"street, road" (MBAL, LR:47, 56, LT1:263, SD:310)

ratta

noun. street, course, river-bed

Cognates

• S. rath “street, street; [N.] course, river-bed”

Derivations

• ᴹ√RAT “walk, go in a line (as a road), go in a line (as a road), walk”

ranta

noun. course

Cognates

• S. rant “course, water-channel; lode, course, water-channel; lode, [N.] vein”

Derivations

• ✶rantā “tracks and trails of travellers or explorers that had become habitual and could be followed by others”
  • √RAT “to find a way” ✧ NM/363