Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/joostak

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

Unclear. Two etymologies have been suggested:

  • From *joodak (to drink) +‎ *-stak, then perhaps suggesting that the verb's original meaning was "to flow". *-stak (*-ksë-) is presupposed to be a reflexive verb suffix, but this has no known parallels (the third-person reflexive *-ksën, from present marker *-k- + third-person possessive affix *-sën (*-hën), is only found in Eastern Finnish, Karelian, Veps and possibly Estonian), and the only other parallel proposed, *cööstäk, is likely not reflexive at all.
  • Cognate to Hungarian ívik (to spawn), from Proto-Uralic *jokse-, with irregular vowel length; this comparison is semantically dubious.

Verb

*joostak (stem *jooksë-)[1]

  1. to run, to flow

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Estonian: jooksma/joosta
  • Finnish: juosta
  • Ingrian: joossa
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: juossa
    • South Karelian: juossa
  • Livonian: jūokšõ
  • Livvi: juosta
  • Ludian: d'uosta
  • Veps: joksta
  • Võro: juuskma/juuskõq
  • Votic: joossõ

References

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