Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jänis
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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
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly a substrate loan from the pre-Finnic languages of the Baltic.
Noun
*jänis
Reconstruction notes
Much like with *varis (see for more details), there are three roots: *jänis, *jänes and *jänoi (probably with the diminutive ending *-oi), which are from a common root *jänᴈ-.
Inflection
Inflection of *jänis
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *jänis | *jänikset | |
| accusative | *jäniksen | *jänikset | |
| genitive | *jäniksen | *jänisten *jäniksiden | |
| partitive | *jänistä | *jäniksitä | |
| inessive | *jäniksessä *jäniksehnä |
*jäniksissä *jäniksihnä | |
| elative | *jäniksestä | *jäniksistä | |
| illative | *jäniksesen | *jäniksisen | |
| adessive | *jäniksellä | *jäniksillä | |
| ablative | *jänikseltä | *jäniksiltä | |
| allative | *jänikselen *jänikselek |
*jäniksilen *jäniksilek | |
| essive | *jänissä | *jäniksinä | |
| translative | *jänikseksi | *jäniksiksi | |
| instructive | *jäniksen | *jäniksin | |
| comitative | *jänissek | *jäniksinek | |
| abessive | *jäniksettä | *jäniksittä | |
Descendants
From *jänis:
From *jänes:
From *jänoi: