< Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic
Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sestar
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly related to Erzya [script needed] (šukštorov), [script needed] (čukštorov) and Moksha [script needed] (šukštoru). These cognates cannot be regularly traced back to a common protoform and may be borrowed from a substrate language.
Noun
*sestar
- currant (species of genus Ribes)
Inflection
Inflection of *sestar
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *sestar | *sestaret | |
accusative | *sestaren | *sestaret | |
genitive | *sestaren | *sestarden *sestariden | |
partitive | *sestarta | *sestarita | |
inessive | *sestaressa *sestarehna | *sestarissa *sestarihna | |
elative | *sestaresta | *sestarista | |
illative | *sestaresen | *sestarisen | |
adessive | *sestarella | *sestarilla | |
ablative | *sestarelta | *sestarilta | |
allative | *sestarelen *sestarelek | *sestarilen *sestarilek | |
essive | *sestarna | *sestarina | |
translative | *sestareksi | *sestariksi | |
instructive | *sestaren | *sestarin | |
comitative | *sestarnek | *sestarinek | |
abessive | *sestaretta | *sestaritta |
Descendants
- Estonian: sõstar
- Finnish: siestar
- Ingrian: seestara
- Livonian: sõstār
- ⇒ Ludian: sestroi
- ⇒ Veps: sestrikaine
- Votic: sõssõr
- → Latvian: sustarenes, zusteri
Further reading
- sõstar in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
- Entry #1209 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.