Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/järvi

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

Alternative forms

• *jarvi

Etymology

Cognate with Proto-Samic *jāvrē, Erzya эрьке (eŕke), Eastern Mari ер (jer), from Proto-Finno-Permic *jäwrä (a loanword from Indo-European). An alternate form *jarvi (Viitso reconstructs *jarva for Livonian at least) is reflected in Livonian and Votic, which may be more original, reflecting the common development *ä-ä > *a-i (compare e.g. *talvi).

Noun

*järvi

1. lake

Inflection

Inflection of *järvi

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*järvi	*järvet
accusative		*järven	*järvet
genitive		*järven	*järveden *järviden
partitive		*järvedä	*järvidä
inessive		*järvessä *järvehnä	*järvissä *järvihnä
elative		*järvestä	*järvistä
illative		*järvehen	*järvihen
adessive		*järvellä	*järvillä
ablative		*järveltä	*järviltä
allative		*järvelen *järvelek	*järvilen *järvilek
essive		*järvenä	*järvinä
translative		*järveksi	*järviksi
instructive		*järven	*järvin
comitative		*järvenek	*järvinek
abessive		*järvettä	*järvittä

Descendants

• Estonian: järv
• Finnish: järvi
• Ingrian: järvi
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: järvi
  • South Karelian: järvi
• Livonian: järu (Vidzeme)
• Livvi: järvi
• Ludian: därv
• Veps: järv
• Võro: järv'
• Votic: järvi

References

• Aikio, Ante (2009) The Saami Loanwords in Finnish and Karelian‎^[1], Oulu: unpublished dissertation, retrieved 2016-01-23, page 246
• Viitso, Tiit-Rein (1998) “Chapter III: Fennic”, in Abondolo, Daniel, editor, The Uralic languages (Routledge language family descriptions), Oxon, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 102