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