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

upper beam of a sleigh that connects the tops of the supports between the skid and the bottom

Inflection

Inflection of *kausta

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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