Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vasta

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

From Proto-Finno-Permic *wasta (“a place opposite or across”).

Particle

*vasta[1]

  1. across, against
  2. only, just (temporally), just now

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: vast, ⇒ vastu
  • Finnish: vasta, vasta-, ⇒ vastaan, vasten, vastoin
  • Ingrian: vast, ⇒ vastaa, vassen, vassoin
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: vašta, ⇒ vaštah, vaššašša
    • South Karelian: vasta, ⇒ vastah, vassas
  • Livonian: vastõ
  • ⇒ Livvi: vaste, vastah, vastas
  • ⇒ Ludian: vastah, vaste
  • ⇒ Veps: vastha, vaste
  • Võro: vasta, vasta-
  • Votic: vassõ

References

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

Further reading

  • “vast”, in [ETY] 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), “vasta2”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (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
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