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 words cannot be regularly traced back to a common protoform and may be borrowed from a substrate language.[1]

Noun

*sëstar[2]

  1. currant (species of genus Ribes)

Inflection

Descendants

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

References

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

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.