Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nasta
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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-Norse , or from Proto-Germanic *nastō (compare Norwegian neste (“brooch”), Old Gutnish nast (“brooch, clasp”)).
Noun
*nasta
Inflection
Inflection of *nasta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *nasta | *nastat | |
| accusative | *nastan | *nastat | |
| genitive | *nastan | *nastadën *nastoidën | |
| partitive | *nastada | *nastoida | |
| inessive | *nastassa *nastahna |
*nastoissa *nastoihna | |
| elative | *nastasta | *nastoista | |
| illative | *nastahën | *nastoihën | |
| adessive | *nastalla | *nastoilla | |
| ablative | *nastalta | *nastoilta | |
| allative | *nastalën *nastalëk |
*nastoilën *nastoilëk | |
| essive | *nastana | *nastoina | |
| translative | *nastaksi | *nastoiksi | |
| instructive | *nastan | *nastoin | |
| comitative | *nastanëk | *nastoinëk | |
| abessive | *nastatta | *nastoitta | |
Descendants
Further reading
- “naast”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “nasta”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN