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

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *juka,[1] probably a variant of Proto-Uralic *joke.

Noun

*juka[2]

  1. small river
  2. waterfall, rapids

Inflection

Inflection of *juka
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *juka *jugat
accusative *jugan *jugat
genitive *jugan *jukadën
*jukëidën
partitive *jukada *jukëida
inessive *jugassa
*jugahna 		*jugëissa
*jugëihna
elative *jugasta *jugëista
illative *jukahën *jukëihën
adessive *jugalla *jugëilla
ablative *jugalta *jugëilta
allative *jukalën
*jukalëk 		*jukëilën
*jukëilëk
essive *jukana *jukëina
translative *jugaksi *jugëiksi
instructive *jugan *jugëin
comitative *jukanëk *jukëinëk
abessive *jugatta *jugëitta

Descendants

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

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “juka”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 4 August 2025
  2. ^ Kallio, Petri (2020–), “*juka”, in Yhteissuomalainen sanasto [Common Finnic Vocabulary]‎[2] (in Finnish)

Further reading

  • “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.
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