Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jutta

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 1

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *jutas (compare Latvian jūtis, Lithuanian jautis).

Noun

*jutta

leash of a yoke

Inflection

Inflection of *jutta

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*jutta	*jut'at
accusative	*jut'an	*jut'at
genitive	*jut'an	juttadën juttëidën
partitive	*juttada	*juttëida
inessive	jut'assa jut'ahna	jut'ëissa jut'ëihna
elative	*jut'asta	*jut'ëista
illative	*juttahën	*juttëihën
adessive	*jut'alla	*jut'ëilla
ablative	*jut'alta	*jut'ëilta
allative	juttalën juttalëk	juttëilën juttëilëk
essive	*juttana	*juttëina
translative	*jut'aksi	*jut'ëiksi
instructive	*jut'an	*jut'ëin
comitative	*juttanëk	*juttëinëk
abessive	*jut'atta	*jut'ëitta

Descendants

Estonian: jutt
Finnish: jutta

Etymology 2

According to SSA and EES, of sound-symbolic origin.^[1]^[2]

Noun

*jutta^[3]

stripe, streak, line

Inflection

Inflection of *jutta

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*jutta	*jut'at
accusative	*jut'an	*jut'at
genitive	*jut'an	juttadën juttëidën
partitive	*juttada	*juttëida
inessive	jut'assa jut'ahna	jut'ëissa jut'ëihna
elative	*jut'asta	*jut'ëista
illative	*juttahën	*juttëihën
adessive	*jut'alla	*jut'ëilla
ablative	*jut'alta	*jut'ëilta
allative	juttalën juttalëk	juttëilën juttëilëk
essive	*juttana	*juttëina
translative	*jut'aksi	*jut'ëiksi
instructive	*jut'an	*jut'ëin
comitative	*juttanëk	*juttëinëk
abessive	*jut'atta	*jut'ëitta

Descendants

Finnish: (dialectal) jutta
Livonian: jutā

From *jutti:

Estonian: jutt
Võro: jutt'

References

^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “jutta²”, in 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
^ “jutt”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*jutta”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)

[1] Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “jutta²”, in 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

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

[3] Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*jutta”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎^[2] (in Finnish)

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