Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sëstar
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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
Unknown. Possibly related to Erzya (šukštorov), (čukštorov) and Moksha (šukštoru). These cognates cannot be regularly traced back to a common protoform and may be borrowed from a substrate language.
Noun
*sëstar[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *sëstar
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *sëstar | *sëstarët | |
| accusative | *sëstarën | *sëstarët | |
| genitive | *sëstarën | *sëstardën *sëstaridën | |
| partitive | *sëstarta | *sëstarita | |
| inessive | *sëstarëssa *sëstarëhna |
*sëstarissa *sëstarihna | |
| elative | *sëstarësta | *sëstarista | |
| illative | *sëstarësën | *sëstarisën | |
| adessive | *sëstarëlla | *sëstarilla | |
| ablative | *sëstarëlta | *sëstarilta | |
| allative | *sëstarëlën *sëstarëlëk |
*sëstarilën *sëstarilëk | |
| essive | *sëstarna | *sëstarina | |
| translative | *sëstarëksi | *sëstariksi | |
| instructive | *sëstarën | *sëstarin | |
| comitative | *sëstarnëk | *sëstarinëk | |
| abessive | *sëstarëtta | *sëstaritta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: sõstar
- Finnish: siestar
- Ingrian: seestara
- Livonian: sõstār
- ⇒ Ludian: sestroi
- ⇒ Veps: sestrikaine
- Votic: sõssõr
- → Latvian: sustarenes, zusteri
References
Further reading
- “sõstar”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Entry #1209 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.