Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/lasta
Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Cognate with Proto-Samic *luostē (< *lasta), possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian lazda).
Noun
*lasta[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *lasta
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lasta | *lastat | |
| accusative | *lastan | *lastat | |
| genitive | *lastan | *lastadën *lastoidën | |
| partitive | *lastada | *lastoida | |
| inessive | *lastassa *lastahna |
*lastoissa *lastoihna | |
| elative | *lastasta | *lastoista | |
| illative | *lastahën | *lastoihën | |
| adessive | *lastalla | *lastoilla | |
| ablative | *lastalta | *lastoilta | |
| allative | *lastalën *lastalëk |
*lastoilën *lastoilëk | |
| essive | *lastana | *lastoina | |
| translative | *lastaksi | *lastoiksi | |
| instructive | *lastan | *lastoin | |
| comitative | *lastanëk | *lastoinëk | |
| abessive | *lastatta | *lastoitta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Estonian: lasn, (dialectal) last
- Finnish: lasta
- → Northern Sami: lásti
- Karelian:
- North Karelian: lašta
- South Karelian: lašta
- Livonian: lastā
- Livvi: lastu
- Ludian: ⇒ laštik
- Veps: last
- Votic: (Mati) lassa, (Kõrvõttula) lasa
From *lastëk (+ *-ëk):
References
Further reading
- “lasn”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Erkki Itkonen, Ulla-Maija Kulonen, editors (1992–2000), “lasta”, 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