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
    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
      Derived terms
      Descendants
      • Estonian: koi- (in compound: koivalge)
      • Finnish: koi
      • Livonian: kuoi
      • Votic: kojjossõ

      References

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