Reconstruction:Old Castithan/pas

This entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Castithan

Etymology

From Proto-Castithan *pas.

Root

pas

1. having to do with finishing and/or completion

Derived Terms

• *pasu
• *-pasu
• *pasuu
• *pasa
• *-pasa
• *pasaa
• *-pasi
• *pasi
• *pasii
• *pasupasu
• *pasupasa
• *pasupasi

 

Creation and Usage Notes

Using a verb like this is a common and simple way to get a perfective and/or past tense, but the form was chosen specifically. I was listening to Finnish power metal a lot at the time, and there was a song by Nightwish called "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" sung all in Finnish that has this amazing lyrical sequence: Luojani, luoksesi anna minun tulla siksi miksi lapseni minua luulee... I never looked up what it meant, but it was these successive [ks] and [ps] sounds that I desperately wanted to hear in Castithan. I created sound changes so that [ks], [ps], and [ts] would occur frequently, and to make sure that it showed up a lot, I did two things. First, I gave Castithan a topic marker (used in almost ever sentence) that would surface as ksa, and then I gave it a suffix that would ultimately show up as a past tense marker that would surface as either -psa, -pshe, or -pso. This is why I made the root for "finish" *pas. -David J. Peterson 02:22, 7 October 2020 (PDT)