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]

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

Inflection

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

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kausta”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

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