Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/järki
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Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Possibly a variant of the root in *jälki. The superficial similarity to Proto-Mongolic *ǰerge,[* 1] while noted, appears to be merely coincidental for want of any tenable explanation for a connection.
Noun
[edit]*järki
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *järki
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *järki | *järget | |
accusative | *järgen | *järget | |
genitive | *järgen | *järkeden *järkiden | |
partitive | *järkedä | *järkidä | |
inessive | *järgessä *järgehnä |
*järgissä *järgihnä | |
elative | *järgestä | *järgistä | |
illative | *järkehen | *järkihen | |
adessive | *järgellä | *järgillä | |
ablative | *järgeltä | *järgiltä | |
allative | *järkelen *järkelek |
*järkilen *järkilek | |
essive | *järkenä | *järkinä | |
translative | *järgeksi | *järgiksi | |
instructive | *järgen | *järgin | |
comitative | *järkenek | *järkinek | |
abessive | *järgettä | *järgittä |
Descendants
[edit]- Estonian: järg (“row, queue; turn (to do something)”)
- Finnish: järki (“sense, reason, logic; (obsolete) order”)
- ⇒ Ingrian: järkenää (“immediately, at once”)
- Karelian: järki (“order, state of being, condition”)
- ⇒ Livvi: järilleh (“back”)
- ⇒ Ludian: d'ärgilleh (“back”)
- Veps: järg (“just, completely”), (dialectal) d'ärk
- Võro: järg (“turn (to do something)”)
- ⇒ Votic: (Kattila, Mati) järkeä, (Pummala) järkeäzä (“immediately, at once”)
- → Proto-Samic: *jearkë (“weather conditions”)
References
[edit]- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Notes
[edit]- ^ Note that the Proto-Mongolic *j is an affricate /d͡ʒ/ (English j), not the same as the Proto-Finnic *j, which is a glide /j/ (English y).