Unknown. Possibly a Baltic borrowing (compare Latvian jāudat), if the original meaning was rather "to be able to".[1]
Note: The Proto-Finnic conjugation system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | ||||
present | past | imperative | optative | |
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1st sing. | *joudan | *joudëin | — | *joutagon |
2nd sing. | *joudat | *joudëit | *joudak | *joutagos |
3rd sing. | *joutabi *jouta |
*joutëi | *joutagasën | *joutagosën |
1st plur. | *joudakmëk *joudakmak |
*joutëimëk *joutëimak |
*joutagatëmëk *joutagatamak |
*joutagotëmëk *joutagotamak |
2nd plur. | *joudaktëk *joudaktak |
*joutëidëk *joutëidak |
*joutagatë *joutagata |
*joutagot'ëk *joutagotadak |
3rd plur. | *joutabat *jouta |
*joutëi | *joutagasën | *joutagosën |
passive | *joudaksën *joudat'aksën |
*joutadisën *joudattisën |
*joutadakahën *joudattakahën |
*joutadakohën *joudattakohën |
connegative | *joudak | — | *joutagak | *joutagok |
passive connegative | *joudaktak | — | *joutadagak *joudattagak |
*joutadagok *joudattagok |
conditional 1 | conditional 2 | potential | ||
1st sing. | *joudakcin | *joutëicin | *joutanën | |
2nd sing. | *joudakcit | *joutëicit | *joutanët | |
3rd sing. | *joudakci | *joutëici | *joutani | |
1st plur. | *joudakcimëk *joudakcimak |
*joutëicimëk *joutëicimak |
*joutanëmëk *joutanëmak | |
2nd plur. | *joudakcidëk *joudakcidak |
*joutëicidëk *joutëicidak |
*joutanëdëk *joutanëdak | |
3rd plur. | *joudakci | *joutëici | *joutani | |
passive | *joutadakcihën *joudat'akcihën |
*joutadicihën *joudatticihën |
*joutadanëhën *joudattanëhën | |
connegative | *joudakcik | *joutëicik | *joutanëk | |
passive connegative | *joutadakcik *joudat'akcik |
*joutadicik *joudatticik |
*joutadanëk *joudattanëk | |
non-finite forms | infinitives/nouns | participles | ||
active | passive | |||
infinitive 1 | *joutadak | present | *joutaba | *joutadapa *joudattapa |
infinitive 2 | *joutadë- | past | *joutanut | *joutadu *joudattu |
gerund/supine | *joutama | |||
action noun | *joutaminen |