Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jouc'ën

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

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *joŋkće. Cognate with Proto-Samic *ńukčë.

Noun

*jouc'ën

1. swan

   Synonym: *luikkoi

Inflection

Inflection of *jouc'ën

Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
		singular	plural
nominative		*jouc'ën	*jouccënët
accusative		*jouccënën	*jouccënët
genitive		*jouccënën	*jouc'ëndën *jouccënidën
partitive		*jouc'ënta	*jouccënita
inessive		*jouccënëssa *jouccënëhna	*jouccënissa *jouccënihna
elative		*jouccënësta	*jouccënista
illative		*jouccënësën	*jouccënisën
adessive		*jouccënëlla	*jouccënilla
ablative		*jouccënëlta	*jouccënilta
allative		*jouccënëlën *jouccënëlëk	*jouccënilën *jouccënilëk
essive		*jouc'ënna	*jouccënina
translative		*jouccënëksi	*jouccëniksi
instructive		*jouccënën	*jouccënin
comitative		*jouc'ënnëk	*jouccëninëk
abessive		*jouccënëtta	*jouccënitta

Descendants

• Estonian: (poetic) jõudsin, (dialectal) joos, jues
• Finnish: joutsen
• Ingrian: joutsen
• Karelian:
  • North Karelian: joučen
  • South Karelian: (dialectal) joučen
• Livvi: joučen
• Ludian: d'oučen, d'oučim
• Veps: joucen ?