Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ëprē

This Proto-Samic 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-Samic

Etymology

Borrowing from an unidentified Indo-European language, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥bʰrós (“raincloud > rain”).

Noun

*ëprē

1. rain

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*ëprē
Genitive	*ëp̯r̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ëprē	*ëp̯r̯ēk
Accusative	*ëp̯r̯ēm	*ëp̯r̯ijtē
Partitive	*ëprētē
Genitive	*ëp̯r̯ēn	*ëp̯r̯ij
Essive	*ëprēnē	*ëp̯r̯ijnē
Inessive	*ëp̯r̯ēsnē
Elative	*ëp̯r̯ēstē	*ëp̯r̯ijstē
Illative	*ëprās̯ën	—
Comitative	*ëp̯r̯ijnē *ëp̯r̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*ëp̯r̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: ebrie
  • Ume Sami: abrrie
  • Lule Sami: harvve (with metathesis and unetymological h)
  • Northern Sami: arvi (with metathesis)
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: arve (with metathesis)
  • Skolt Sami: âʹbrr
  • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (əbr)
  • Kildin Sami: аббьр (abb’r)
  • Ter Sami: аббьре (âbbʼrʼe)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• Koivulehto, Jorma. 2001. "The earliest contacts between Indo-European and Uralic speakers in the light of lexical loans". — Early Contacts between Uralic and Indo-European. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 242: 235–263.