Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/kestädäk

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (present stem *kensta, compare Latvian ciest, Lithuanian kę̃sti),[1] or alternatively *keski +‎ *-tädäk.

Verb

*kestädäk (stem *kestä-)[2]

  1. to last, endure
  2. to stand, withstand, endure

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: kestma / kesta
  • Finnish: kestää
  • Ingrian: kestää
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: kestyä
    • South Karelian: keštiä
  • Livvi: kestiä
  • Ludian: kestada
  • Võro: kestmä / kestäq

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “kestää”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*kestä-”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • kestma”, 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), “kestää”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎[3] (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