Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/karsta

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian kārst (“to card (wool), to comb”) and Lithuanian kar̃šti (“to card (wool), to comb”)).

Noun

*karsta

  1. card (for wool)

Inflection

Inflection of *karsta
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *karsta *karstat
accusative *karstan *karstat
genitive *karstan *karstadën
*karstoidën
partitive *karstada *karstoida
inessive *karstassa
*karstahna 		*karstoissa
*karstoihna
elative *karstasta *karstoista
illative *karstahën *karstoihën
adessive *karstalla *karstoilla
ablative *karstalta *karstoilta
allative *karstalën
*karstalëk 		*karstoilën
*karstoilëk
essive *karstana *karstoina
translative *karstaksi *karstoiksi
instructive *karstan *karstoin
comitative *karstanëk *karstoinëk
abessive *karstatta *karstoitta

Descendants

  • Finnish: karsta
  • Livonian: karš

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “karsta”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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