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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jänis

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 substrate loan from the pre-Finnic languages of the Baltic.

Noun

*jänis

  1. hare

Reconstruction notes

Much like with *varis (see for more details), there are three roots: *jänis, *jänes and *jänoi (probably with the diminutive ending *-oi), which are from a common root *jänᴈ-.

Inflection

Descendants

  • Finnish: jänis
  • Ingrian: jänis
  • Karelian: jänis
  • Ludian: d'äniž
  • Veps: jäniš

From *jänes:

From *jänoi:

  • Finnish: jänö
  • Karelian: jänö
  • Ingrian: jänöi
  • Livvi: jänöi
  • Ludian: d'änöi
  • Veps: jänoi

Further reading

  • jänes”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
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