Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jooni

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

From Proto-Finno-Permic *jane (“path”) (whence also Proto-Samic *juonë and Erzya ян (jan, “path”)), probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáHnam (whence Sanskrit यान (yāna), यामन् (yāman)).

Noun

*jooni^[1]

Inflection

Inflection of *jooni

	singular	plural
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
nominative	*jooni	*joonët
accusative	*joonën	*joonët
genitive	*joonën	joondën joonidën
partitive	*joonta	*joonida
inessive	joonëssa joonëhna	joonissa joonihna
elative	*joonësta	*joonista
illative	*joonëhën	*joonihën
adessive	*joonëlla	*joonilla
ablative	*joonëlta	*joonilta
allative	joonëlën joonëlëk	joonilën joonilëk
essive	*joonna	*joonina
translative	*joonëksi	*jooniksi
instructive	*joonën	*joonin
comitative	*joonnëk	*jooninëk
abessive	*joonëtta	*joonitta

Descendants

Estonian: joon
Finnish: juoni
Karelian:
- North Karelian: juoni
- South Karelian: juoni
Livonian: jūoņ
Livvi: juoni
Võro: juun'
Votic: jooni

References

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

“joon”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “juoni”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[2] (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

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

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