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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/sëstar

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

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

*sëstar

  1. currant (species of genus Ribes)

Inflection
Inflection of *sëstar
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *sëstar *sëstarët
accusative *sëstarën *sëstarët
genitive *sëstarën *sëstardën
*sëstaridën
partitive *sëstarta *sëstarita
inessive *sëstarëssa
*sëstarëhna		 *sëstarissa
*sëstarihna
elative *sëstarësta *sëstarista
illative *sëstarësën *sëstarisën
adessive *sëstarëlla *sëstarilla
ablative *sëstarëlta *sëstarilta
allative *sëstarëlën
*sëstarëlëk		 *sëstarilën
*sëstarilëk
essive *sëstarna *sëstarina
translative *sëstarëksi *sëstariksi
instructive *sëstarën *sëstarin
comitative *sëstarnëk *sëstarinëk
abessive *sëstarëtta *sëstaritta

Descendants
  • Estonian: sõstar
  • Finnish: siestar
  • Ingrian: seestara
  • Livonian: sõstār
  • ⇒ Ludian: sestroi
  • ⇒ Veps: sestrikaine
  • Votic: sõssõr
  • → Latvian: sustarenes, zusteri

Further reading
  • “sõstar”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #1209 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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