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. path
2. line, row
3. stripe, streak

Inflection

Inflection of *jooni

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
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

Further reading

• “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