Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/järki
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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 variant of the root in *jälki. The superficial similarity to Proto-Mongolic *ǰerge,[* 1] while noted, appears to be merely coincidental for want of any tenable explanation for a connection.
Noun
*järki[1]
Inflection
Inflection of *järki
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *järki | *järget | |
| accusative | *järgen | *järget | |
| genitive | *järgen | *järkeden *järkiden | |
| partitive | *järkedä | *järkidä | |
| inessive | *järgessä *järgehnä |
*järgissä *järgihnä | |
| elative | *järgestä | *järgistä | |
| illative | *järkehen | *järkihen | |
| adessive | *järgellä | *järgillä | |
| ablative | *järgeltä | *järgiltä | |
| allative | *järkelen *järkelek |
*järkilen *järkilek | |
| essive | *järkenä | *järkinä | |
| translative | *järgeksi | *järgiksi | |
| instructive | *järgen | *järgin | |
| comitative | *järkenek | *järkinek | |
| abessive | *järgettä | *järgittä | |
Descendants
- Estonian: järg (“row, queue; turn (to do something)”)
- Finnish: järki (“sense, reason, logic; (obsolete) order”)
- ⇒ Ingrian: järkenää (“immediately”), järestää (“right away”)
- Karelian: järki (“order, state of being, condition”)
- ⇒ Livvi: järilleh (“back”)
- ⇒ Ludian: d'ärgilleh (“back”)
- Veps: järg (“just, completely”), (dialectal) d'ärk
- Võro: järg (“turn (to do something)”)
- ⇒ Votic: (Kattila, Mati) järkeä, (Pummala) järkeäzä (“immediately, at once”)
- → Proto-Samic: *jearkë (“weather conditions”)
References
- Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (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
Notes
- ^ Note that the Proto-Mongolic *j is an affricate /d͡ʒ/ (English j), not the same as the Proto-Finnic *j, which is a glide /j/ (English y).