Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/čiekčë

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 *śäkće.

Noun

*čiekčë

1. osprey

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*čiekčë
Genitive	*čiek̯č̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*čiekčë	*čiek̯č̯ëk
Accusative	*čiek̯č̯ëm	*čiek̯č̯ëjtē
Partitive	*čiekčëtē
Genitive	*čiek̯č̯ën	*čiek̯č̯ëj
Essive	*čiekčënē	*čiek̯č̯ëjnē
Inessive	*čiek̯č̯ësnē
Elative	*čiek̯č̯ëstē	*čiek̯č̯ëjstē
Illative	*čiekčës̯ën	—
Comitative	*čiek̯č̯ëjnē *čiek̯č̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*čiek̯č̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Ume Sami: tjeäkttja
  • Lule Sami: tjiektja
  • Northern Sami: čiekčá (< *čiekčā)
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: čiehˈčâ
  • Skolt Sami: čiõhčč
  • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (čikč)
  • Kildin Sami: чуххч (čuxxč) (in compound: ча̄дзьчуххч (čādz’čuxxč, “kite”))

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