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. 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

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

• *koittadak

Descendants

• Estonian: koi- (in compound: koivalge)
• Finnish: koi
• Livonian: kuoi
• ⇒ Votic: kojjossõ

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.