Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jooni

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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

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Etymology

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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

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*jooni[1]

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

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Estonian: joon
  • Finnish: juoni
  • Karelian:
  • Livonian: jūoņ
  • Livvi: juoni
  • Võro: juun'
  • Votic: jooni

References

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

Further reading

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  • 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