Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/(k)rāsē

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-Germanic *grasą, substituted in the early Sami dialects as either *krāsē or *rāsē.

Noun

*(k)rāsē

1. plant
2. flower
3. grass

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*(k)rāsē
Genitive	*(k)rās̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*(k)rāsē	*(k)rās̯ēk
Accusative	*(k)rās̯ēm	*(k)rās̯ijtē
Partitive	*(k)rāsētē
Genitive	*(k)rās̯ēn	*(k)rās̯ij
Essive	*(k)rāsēnē	*(k)rās̯ijnē
Inessive	*(k)rās̯ēsnē
Elative	*(k)rās̯ēstē	*(k)rās̯ijstē
Illative	*(k)rāsās̯ën	—
Comitative	*(k)rās̯ijnē *(k)rās̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*(k)rās̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: kraesie
  • Ume Sami: krássie
  • Pite Sami: rásse
  • Lule Sami: rásse
  • Northern Sami: rássi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: rääsi
  • Skolt Sami: rääʹss
  • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (ras)
  • Kildin Sami: ра̄ссь (rāss’)
  • Ter Sami: ра̄ссе (râ̄ssʼe)

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