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Where does “kast” come from?

kast (Livonian) comes from Proto-Finnic kastadak, from Proto-Finnic -tadak, from Proto-Uralic -ta- — Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...

kast (Livonian): water; wet

Definitions

  1. water; wet

Ancestry of “kast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickastadakto wet, to soak; to dip, to immerse
2Proto-Finnic-tadak—
3Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
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