Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jändek

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

Etymology

Proto-Uralic *jänte +‎ *-ek

Noun

*jändek

  1. bowstring

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: jänne
  • Karelian: jänne
  • Veps: jände
  • Votic: (dialectal) jänsi

Further reading

  • Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*jänci”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[1] (in Finnish)