Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jouhi
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown.
Noun[edit]
*jouhi
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of *jouhi
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *jouhi | *jouhët | |
| accusative | *jouhën | *jouhët | |
| genitive | *jouhën | *jouhtën *jouhidën | |
| partitive | *jouhta | *jouhida | |
| inessive | *jouhëssa *jouhëhna |
*jouhissa *jouhihna | |
| elative | *jouhësta | *jouhista | |
| illative | *jouhëhën | *jouhihën | |
| adessive | *jouhëlla | *jouhilla | |
| ablative | *jouhëlta | *jouhilta | |
| allative | *jouhëlën *jouhëlëk |
*jouhilën *jouhilëk | |
| essive | *jouhëna | *jouhina | |
| translative | *jouhëksi | *jouhiksi | |
| instructive | *jouhën | *jouhin | |
| comitative | *jouhënëk | *jouhinëk | |
| abessive | *jouhëtta | *jouhitta | |
Descendants[edit]
- Estonian: jõhv
- Finnish: jouhi
- → Northern Sami: juovka
- Ingrian: jouhi
- Karelian: jouhi
- Livonian: jõ’ugi
- Livvi: jouhi
- Ludian: d'ouh
- Veps: jōvez
- Võro: jõuh (Seto)
- Votic: jõvi
Further reading[edit]
- “jõhv”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012