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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kostadak

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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

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Etymology

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According to Koivulehto, borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *goys-éye- or its Pre-Germanic descendant (whence German kehren) and derived with +‎ *-tadak.[1]

Verb

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*kostadak (stem *kosta-)[2]

  1. ? to turn, to turn back

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: kostma/kosta (to come out/from (of a sound), be heard; to answer)
  • Finnish: kostaa (to avenge), koste (small calm place in a flowing body of water)
  • Ingrian: kostaa (to reward)
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kostoa (to shield from wind)
    • South Karelian: kostoa (to shield from wind)
  • Livonian: kuostõ (to answer)
  • Livvi: kostoa (to shield from wind)
  • Võro: kostma/kostaq (to come out/from (of a sound), be heard; to answer)

Further reading

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

References

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  1. ^ Koivulehto, Jorma: Etymologisesti hämäriä -(is)tA-johdosverbejä, lainoja ja omapohjaisia SUSA/JSFOu 92 (2009) [1]
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*kosta-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)