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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kostudak

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 from *kostadak (“to turn back”) +‎ *-udak.

Verb

*kostudak (stem *kostu-)

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kostuma/kostuda (“to thaw”)
  • Finnish: kostua (“to get moist/damp/wet”)
    • → Inari Sami: kostâđ
    • → Northern Sami: goastat
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kostuo (“to get moist/damp/wet”)
    • South Karelian: kostuo (“to get moist/damp/wet”)
  • Livonian: kuostõ (“to improve, get better”)
  • Livvi: kostuo (“to get moist/damp/wet”)
  • Veps: kostuda (“to thaw”)
  • Võro: kostuma/kostudaq (“to thaw”)

Further reading

  • “kostuma”, 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), “kostua”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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