Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/joulu
Appearance
Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᛃᛖᚢᛚᚢ (*jeulu), from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, with a substitution *je- → *jo-, as Proto-Finnic didn't allow word-initial *je-. Doublet of *juhla.
Noun
[edit]*joulu[1]
Declension
[edit]Inflection of *joulu
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *joulu | *joulut | |
accusative | *joulun | *joulut | |
genitive | *joulun | *jouludën *jouluidën | |
partitive | *jouluda | *jouluida | |
inessive | *joulussa *jouluhna |
*jouluissa *jouluihna | |
elative | *joulusta | *jouluista | |
illative | *jouluhën | *jouluihën | |
adessive | *joululla | *jouluilla | |
ablative | *joululta | *jouluilta | |
allative | *joululën *joululëk |
*jouluilën *jouluilëk | |
essive | *jouluna | *jouluina | |
translative | *jouluksi | *jouluiksi | |
instructive | *joulun | *jouluin | |
comitative | *joulunëk | *jouluinëk | |
abessive | *joulutta | *jouluitta |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “jõulud”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012