Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/šëlmē

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

Borrowed from Proto-Finnic *silmä. Doublet of *čëlmē (“eye”).

Noun

*šëlmē

1. eye of an axe blade

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*šëlmē
Genitive	*šël̯m̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*šëlmē	*šël̯m̯ēk
Accusative	*šël̯m̯ēm	*šël̯m̯ijtē
Partitive	*šëlmētē
Genitive	*šël̯m̯ēn	*šël̯m̯ij
Essive	*šëlmēnē	*šël̯m̯ijnē
Inessive	*šël̯m̯ēsnē
Elative	*šël̯m̯ēstē	*šël̯m̯ijstē
Illative	*šëlmās̯ën	—
Comitative	*šël̯m̯ijnē *šël̯m̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*šël̯m̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: sjelmie
  • Pite Sami: sjalbme
  • Lule Sami: sjalmme
  • Northern Sami: šalbmi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: šalme
  • Kildin Sami: шалльм (šall’m, “blunt part of an axe, butt; back of a knife”) (obsolete or dialectal)
  • Ter Sami: шалльмэ (šâllʹme)

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