Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/vasta

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

From Proto-Finno-Permic *wasta (“a place opposite or across”).

Particle

*vasta

1. across, against
2. only, just (temporally), just now

Derived terms

• *vastat'ak
• *vastus

Descendants

• Estonian: vast, ⇒ vastu
• Finnish: vasta, vasta-, ⇒ vastaan, vasten, vastoin
• Ingrian: vast, ⇒ vastaa, vassen, vassoin
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: vašta, ⇒ vaštah, vaššašša
  • South Karelian: vasta, ⇒ vastah, vassas
• Livonian: vastõ
• ⇒ Livvi: vaste, vastah, vastas
• ⇒ Ludian: vastah, vaste
• ⇒ Veps: vastha, vaste
• Võro: vasta, vasta-
• Votic: vassõ

Further reading

• “vast”, 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), “vasta²”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN