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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/järki

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

Unknown. Possibly a variant of the root in *jälki. The superficial similarity to Proto-Mongolic *jerge,[* 1] while noted, appears to be merely coincidental for want of any tenable explanation for a connection.

Noun

*järki

  1. row
  2. order, condition

Inflection
Inflection of *järki
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *järki *järget
accusative *järgen *järget
genitive *järgen *järkeden
*järkiden
partitive *järkedä *järkidä
inessive *järgessä
*järgehnä		 *järgissä
*järgihnä
elative *järgestä *järgistä
illative *järkehen *järkihen
adessive *järgellä *järgillä
ablative *järgeltä *järgiltä
allative *järkelen
*järkelek		 *järkilen
*järkilek
essive *järkenä *järkinä
translative *järgeksi *järgiksi
instructive *järgen *järgin
comitative *järkenek *järkinek
abessive *järgettä *järgittä

Descendants
  • Estonian: järg (“row, queue; turn (to do something)”)
  • Finnish: järki (“sense, reason, logic; (obsolete) order”)
  • ⇒ Ingrian: järkenää (“immediately, at once”)
  • Karelian: järki (“order, state of being, condition”)
  • ⇒ Livvi: järilleh (“back”)
  • ⇒ Ludian: d'ärgilleh (“back”)
  • Veps: järg (“just, completely”), (dialectal) d'ärk
  • Võro: järg (“turn (to do something)”)
  • ⇒ Votic: (Kattila, Mati) järkeä, (Pummala) järkeäzä (“immediately, at once”)
  • → Proto-Samic: *jearkë (“weather conditions”)

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

Notes
  1. Note that the Proto-Mongolic *j is an affricate /d͡ʒ/ (English j), not the same as the Proto-Finnic *j, which is a glide /j/ (English y).
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