Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kostudak

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

*kostudak (stem *kostu-)

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Estonian: kostuma/kostuda (to thaw)
  • Finnish: kostua (to get moist/damp/wet)
  • 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[edit]

  • 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]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN