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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jousi

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-Uralic *joŋse. Cognates include Proto-Samic *juoksë.

Noun

*jousi

  1. bow (weapon)

Inflection
Inflection of *jousi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *jousi *jouset
accusative *jousen *jouset
genitive *jousen *jousten
*jousiden
partitive *jousta *jousida
inessive *jousessa
*jousehna		 *jousissa
*jousihna
elative *jousesta *jousista
illative *jousehen *jousihen
adessive *jousella *jousilla
ablative *jouselta *jousilta
allative *jouselen
*jouselek		 *jousilen
*jousilek
essive *joussa *jousina
translative *jouseksi *jousiksi
instructive *jousen *jousin
comitative *joussek *jousinek
abessive *jousetta *jousitta

Descendants
  • Finnish: jousi, (archaic) joutsi
  • Karelian: (Northern) jousi, (Southern) jouzi

References
  • Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
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