Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/čānā

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-Uralic *śänä.

Noun

*čānā

1. polypore

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: tjaana
  • Ume Sami: tjádná
  • Pite Sami: tjádná
  • Lule Sami: tjádná
  • Northern Sami: čátná
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: čááṇá
  • Skolt Sami: čäänn
  • >? Akkala Sami: чаӈӈ (čaŋŋ, “chaga”)
  • Kildin Sami: ча̄нн (čānn)
  • Ter Sami: ча̄нна (čānna)

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