Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/nasta

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

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?], or from Proto-Germanic *nastō (compare Norwegian neste (“brooch”), Old Gutnish nast (“brooch, clasp”)).

Noun

*nasta[1]

  1. brooch, fibula
    Synonym: *solki

Inflection

Inflection of *nasta
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *nasta *nastat
accusative *nastan *nastat
genitive *nastan *nastadën
*nastoidën
partitive *nastada *nastoida
inessive *nastassa
*nastahna 		*nastoissa
*nastoihna
elative *nastasta *nastoista
illative *nastahën *nastoihën
adessive *nastalla *nastoilla
ablative *nastalta *nastoilta
allative *nastalën
*nastalëk 		*nastoilën
*nastoilëk
essive *nastana *nastoina
translative *nastaksi *nastoiksi
instructive *nastan *nastoin
comitative *nastanëk *nastoinëk
abessive *nastatta *nastoitta

Descendants

  • Estonian: naast, (dialectal) nast
  • Finnish: nasta

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*nasta”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “naast”, 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), “nasta”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[2] (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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