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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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

*koi[1]

  1. moth, clothes moth
Inflection
Inflection of *koi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *koi *koit
accusative *koin *koit
genitive *koin *koidën
*koidën
partitive *koita *koita
inessive *koissa
*koihna		 *koissa
*koihna
elative *koista *koista
illative *koisën *koisën
adessive *koilla *koilla
ablative *koilta *koilta
allative *koilën
*koilëk		 *koilën
*koilëk
essive *koina *koina
translative *koiksi *koiksi
instructive *koin *koin
comitative *koinëk *koinëk
abessive *koitta *koitta
Descendants
  • 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

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *koje.

Noun

*koi[2]

  1. dawn
Inflection
Inflection of *koi
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *koi *koit
accusative *koin *koit
genitive *koin *koidën
*koidën
partitive *koita *koita
inessive *koissa
*koihna		 *koissa
*koihna
elative *koista *koista
illative *koisën *koisën
adessive *koilla *koilla
ablative *koilta *koilta
allative *koilën
*koilëk		 *koilën
*koilëk
essive *koina *koina
translative *koiksi *koiksi
instructive *koin *koin
comitative *koinëk *koinëk
abessive *koitta *koitta
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Estonian: koi- (in compound: koivalge)
  • Finnish: koi
  • Livonian: kuoi
  • ⇒ Votic: kojjossõ

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

Further reading
  • “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.
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