Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kausta
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This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Baltic *skaustas (whence Latvian skausts (“nape, withers”)).
Noun
*kausta[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *kausta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kausta | *kaustat | |
| accusative | *kaustan | *kaustat | |
| genitive | *kaustan | *kaustadën *kaustëidën | |
| partitive | *kaustada | *kaustëida | |
| inessive | *kaustassa *kaustahna |
*kaustëissa *kaustëihna | |
| elative | *kaustasta | *kaustëista | |
| illative | *kaustahën | *kaustëihën | |
| adessive | *kaustalla | *kaustëilla | |
| ablative | *kaustalta | *kaustëilta | |
| allative | *kaustalën *kaustalëk |
*kaustëilën *kaustëilëk | |
| essive | *kaustana | *kaustëina | |
| translative | *kaustaksi | *kaustëiksi | |
| instructive | *kaustan | *kaustëin | |
| comitative | *kaustanëk | *kaustëinëk | |
| abessive | *kaustatta | *kaustëitta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kaust
- Finnish: kausta
- → Northern Sami: gávstá
- Ingrian: kausta
- Karelian: kausta
- Livonian: kōsta
- Livvi: kaustu
- Ludian: kaust
- Veps: koustaz, kaustaz
- Võro: kaust
- Votic: kaussõ
References
Further reading
- “kaust”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012