Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/čiečëm

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

Proto-Samic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *čiečëm

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ćäjćemä. Cognate with Proto-Finnic *säic'en.

Numeral

*čiečëm

1. seven

Inflection

This numeral needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: tjïjhtje (< *čičë)
  • Ume Sami: tjïjttja (< *čičë)
  • Pite Sami: gietjav (< *kiečëm)
  • Lule Sami: gietjav (< *kiečëm)
  • Northern Sami: čieža
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: čiččâm
  • Skolt Sami: čiččâm
  • Akkala Sami: к̌иһччем (ǩihčč’em)
  • Kildin Sami: кыджемь (kydžjem’)
  • Ter Sami: kiččâm

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