Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/järvi

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, from (a loanword from Indo-European). An alternate form *jarvi (Viitso reconstructs *jarva for Livonian at least) is reflected in Livonian and Votic, which may be more original, reflecting the common development *ä-ä > *a-i (compare e.g. ).

Noun

 * 1) lake

Descendants

 * North Karelian:
 * South Karelian:
 * (Vidzeme)
 * North Karelian:
 * South Karelian:
 * (Vidzeme)
 * (Vidzeme)