Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jouhi

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

Unknown.

Noun

*jouhi[1]

  1. horsehair

Inflection

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

  • Estonian: jõhv
  • Finnish: jouhi
    • → Northern Sami: juovka
  • Ingrian: jouhi
  • Karelian:
  • >? Livonian: ⇒ jõ’ugi
  • Livvi: jouhi
  • Ludian: d'ouh
  • Veps: jouh
  • Võro: jõhv', (Seto) jõuh
  • Votic: jõvi

Further reading

  • “jõhv”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

References

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