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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

Etymology

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

Verb

*kostadak

  1. to turn, to turn back

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kostma/kosta
  • Finnish: kostaa
    • Northern Sami: goastit
  • Ingrian: kostaa
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: kuostõ
  • Livvi: kostoa
  • Võro: kostma/kostaq

Further reading

  • kostma in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN

References

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