Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/juka

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

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *juka, probably a variant of Proto-Uralic *joke.

Noun edit

*juka

  1. small river
  2. waterfall, rapids

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Estonian: juga
  • Finnish: juka (dialectal)
  • Karelian: juka
  • Võro: juga

Further reading edit

  • juga”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Entry #196 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.