Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lustëh

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *luhstǭ (whence Swedish losta) +‎ *-ëh.

Noun

*lustëh

1. brome (grass of the genus Bromus)

Inflection

Inflection of *lustëh

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*lustëh	*lustëhët
accusative		*lustëhën	*lustëhët
genitive		*lustëhën	*lustëhtën *lustëhidën
partitive		*lustëhta	*lustëhita
inessive		*lustëhëssa *lustëhëhna	*lustëhissa *lustëhihna
elative		*lustëhësta	*lustëhista
illative		*lustëhësën	*lustëhisën
adessive		*lustëhëlla	*lustëhilla
ablative		*lustëhëlta	*lustëhilta
allative		*lustëhëlën *lustëhëlëk	*lustëhilën *lustëhilëk
essive		*lustëhëna	*lustëhina
translative		*lustëhëksi	*lustëhiksi
instructive		*lustëhën	*lustëhin
comitative		*lustëhënëk	*lustëhinëk
abessive		*lustëhëtta	*lustëhitta

Descendants

• Estonian: luste
  • → Latvian: luste
• Finnish: luste
• Livonian: ⇒ luškõz
• Võro: lustõ

Further reading

• “luste”, 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), “luste”, 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