Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kostadak

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

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

Verb edit

*kostadak (stem *kosta-)

  1. ? to turn, to turn back

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • 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 edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ Koivulehto, Jorma: Etymologisesti hämäriä -(is)tA-johdosverbejä, lainoja ja omapohjaisia SUSA/JSFOu 92 (2009) [1]