Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ëvē

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

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *üwä.

Noun

*ëvē

1. belt

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*ëvē
Genitive	*ëv̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ëvē	*ëv̯ēk
Accusative	*ëv̯ēm	*ëv̯ijtē
Partitive	*ëvētē
Genitive	*ëv̯ēn	*ëv̯ij
Essive	*ëvēnē	*ëv̯ijnē
Inessive	*ëv̯ēsnē
Elative	*ëv̯ēstē	*ëv̯ijstē
Illative	*ëvās̯ën	—
Comitative	*ëv̯ijnē *ëv̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*ëv̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: juvvie
  • Ume Sami:
  • Pite Sami: avve
  • Lule Sami: avve
  • Northern Sami: avvi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Skolt Sami: âʹvv
  • Akkala Sami: эввь (evv’)
  • Kildin Sami: эвв (evv)

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