Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/joulu
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᛃᛖᚢᛚᚢ (*jeulu), from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, with a substitution *je- → *jo-, as Proto-Finnic didn't allow word-initial *je-. Doublet of *juhla.
Noun edit
*joulu[1]
Declension edit
Inflection of *joulu
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *joulu | *joulut | |
| accusative | *joulun | *joulut | |
| genitive | *joulun | *jouludën *jouluidën | |
| partitive | *jouluda | *jouluida | |
| inessive | *joulussa *jouluhna |
*jouluissa *jouluihna | |
| elative | *joulusta | *jouluista | |
| illative | *jouluhën | *jouluihën | |
| adessive | *joululla | *jouluilla | |
| ablative | *joululta | *jouluilta | |
| allative | *joululën *joululëk |
*jouluilën *jouluilëk | |
| essive | *jouluna | *jouluina | |
| translative | *jouluksi | *jouluiksi | |
| instructive | *joulun | *jouluin | |
| comitative | *joulunëk | *jouluinëk | |
| abessive | *joulutta | *jouluitta | |
Descendants edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- “jõulud”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012