Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/karsta
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian kārst (“to card (wool), to comb”) and Lithuanian kar̃šti (“to card (wool), to comb”)).
Noun
[edit]*karsta
- card (for wool)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *karsta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *karsta | *karstat | |
| accusative | *karstan | *karstat | |
| genitive | *karstan | *karstadën *karstoidën | |
| partitive | *karstada | *karstoida | |
| inessive | *karstassa *karstahna |
*karstoissa *karstoihna | |
| elative | *karstasta | *karstoista | |
| illative | *karstahën | *karstoihën | |
| adessive | *karstalla | *karstoilla | |
| ablative | *karstalta | *karstoilta | |
| allative | *karstalën *karstalëk |
*karstoilën *karstoilëk | |
| essive | *karstana | *karstoina | |
| translative | *karstaksi | *karstoiksi | |
| instructive | *karstan | *karstoin | |
| comitative | *karstanëk | *karstoinëk | |
| abessive | *karstatta | *karstoitta | |
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “karsta”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (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