Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kauta

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-Germanic *skautaz.

Noun

*kauta

  1. foot (of a sock or a stocking)
  2. vamp (of a shoe)
  3. sheet (rope)

Inflection

Inflection of *kauta
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *kauta *kaudat
accusative *kaudan *kaudat
genitive *kaudan *kautadën
*kautëidën
partitive *kautada *kautëida
inessive *kaudassa
*kaudahna 		*kaudëissa
*kaudëihna
elative *kaudasta *kaudëista
illative *kautahën *kautëihën
adessive *kaudalla *kaudëilla
ablative *kaudalta *kaudëilta
allative *kautalën
*kautalëk 		*kautëilën
*kautëilëk
essive *kautana *kautëina
translative *kaudaksi *kaudëiksi
instructive *kaudan *kaudëin
comitative *kautanëk *kautëinëk
abessive *kaudatta *kaudëitta

Descendants

  • Finnish: (dialectal) kauta

From *kauto:

  • Finnish: (dialectal) kauto
  • Karelian:

From *kauti:

  • Estonian: (obsolete?) kaud (“sheet; a rope to adjust a sail”)

Further reading

  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “kauta”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[1] (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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