Keywords: lexicology, etymology, dialectology, loanwords, Baltic German
The article looks at the origin of the dialect word prann ‘fringe’ and concludes that it is a loan deriving from the equivalent Baltic German word Franje.
Udo Uibo (b. 1956), Institute of the Estonian Language, Senior Lexicographer (Roosikrantsi 6, 10119 Tallinn), udo.uibo@eki.ee
