Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/ránkāˀ

Etymology
From or. This appears to be derived from a verbal root or, with further appurtenance outside of Balto-Slavic uncertain.

According to Karulis, the root is and derived from the zero grade of a root. The original meaning was then “bent, bending (organ, limb)”. Compare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, whence 🇨🇬.

According to Derksen and Kümmel, the root in question is found in 🇨🇬; see there for more possible cognates.

Noun

 * 1)  hand, arm

Descendants

 * East Baltic:
 * West Baltic:
 * (=ranko; /'ranko/) (Grunau's wordlist),  (Enchiridion)
 * West Baltic:
 * (=ranko; /'ranko/) (Grunau's wordlist),  (Enchiridion)
 * West Baltic:
 * (=ranko; /'ranko/) (Grunau's wordlist),  (Enchiridion)
 * (=ranko; /'ranko/) (Grunau's wordlist),  (Enchiridion)