rantala

noun. ladder

A word for “ladder” in notes from the late 1960s derived from primitive ✶ranthlā based on √RATH “climb” (NM/363).

Derivations

• ✶ranthlā “ladder” ✧ NM/363
  • √RATH “climb (with hands and feet, as in a tree or up a rocky slope)” ✧ NM/363

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶ranthlā > rantala	[rantʰlā] > [rantlā] > [rantalā] > [rantala]	✧ NM/363

tyellesta

noun. ladder

A neologism for “ladder” coined by Tamas Ferencz, an elaboration of tyellë “step”. I think it is better to use attested rantala published in 2022 after Ferencz coined this neologism.

Elements

Word	Gloss
tyellë	“grade, order, step (in a stairway or ladder), grade, step (in a stairway or ladder), order”