Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/koi

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 1 edit

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

Noun edit

*koi[1]

  1. moth, clothes moth
Inflection edit
Descendants edit
  • 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 edit

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *koje.

Noun edit

*koi[2]

  1. dawn
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit

References edit

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

Further reading edit

  • koit”, in [ETY] 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.