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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kausta
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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kausta | *kaustat | |
| accusative | *kaustan | *kaustat | |
| genitive | *kaustan | *kaustaden *kausteiden | |
| partitive | *kaustada | *kausteida | |
| inessive | *kaustassa | *kausteissa | |
| elative | *kaustasta | *kausteista | |
| illative | *kaustahen | *kausteihen | |
| adessive | *kaustalla | *kausteilla | |
| ablative | *kaustalta | *kausteilta | |
| allative | *kaustalek | *kausteilek | |
| essive | *kaustana | *kausteina | |
| translative | *kaustaksi | *kausteiksi | |
| instructive | *kaustan | *kaustein | |
| comitative | *kaustanek | *kausteinek | |
| abessive | *kaustakta | *kausteikta | |
Descendants
- Estonian: kaust
- Finnish: kausta
- → Northern Sami: gávstá
- Ingrian: kausta
- Karelian: kausta
- Livonian: kōsta
- Livvi: kaustu
- Ludian: kaust
- Veps: koustaz, kaustaz
- Võro: kaust
- Votic: kaussa
Further reading
- kaust in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN