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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kausta

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. upper beam of a sleigh that connects the tops of the supports between the skid and the bottom

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

Further reading
  • “kaust”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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