Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/koi

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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 1

From earlier *kooji, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *käjä.

Noun

*koi[1]

  1. moth, clothes moth
Inflection
Descendants
  • Estonian: koi
  • Finnish: koi
  • Ingrian: koi
  • Karelian:
    • North Karelian: koi
    • South Karelian: koi
  • Livonian: kuoi
  • Livvi: koi
  • Ludian: koja
  • Veps: kojeg (extended stem)
  • Võro: koi
  • Votic: koi

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *koje.

Noun

*koi[2]

  1. dawn
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*koi¹”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎ (in Finnish)
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–) “*koi²”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎ (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • koit”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #330 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.