Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/(s)kālčō

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-Norse [script needed] (*skaljō), from Proto-Germanic *skaljō.

Noun

*(s)kālčō

1. seashell

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*(s)kālčō
Genitive	*(s)kāl̯č̯ōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*(s)kālčō	*(s)kāl̯č̯ōk
Accusative	*(s)kāl̯č̯ōm	*(s)kāl̯č̯ōjtē
Partitive	*(s)kālčōtē
Genitive	*(s)kāl̯č̯ōn	*(s)kāl̯č̯ōj
Essive	*(s)kālčōnē	*(s)kāl̯č̯ōjnē
Inessive	*(s)kāl̯č̯ōsnē
Elative	*(s)kāl̯č̯ōstē	*(s)kāl̯č̯ōjstē
Illative	*(s)kālčus̯ën	—
Comitative	*(s)kāl̯č̯ōjnē *(s)kāl̯č̯ujnë	—
Abessive	*(s)kāl̯č̯ōptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

From *skālčō:

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: skaaltjoe
  • Ume Sami: skálttjuo
  • Lule Sami: sjkálltjo
  • Northern Sami: skálžu
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: skálžu
  • Skolt Sami: skäʹlǯǯ

From *kālčō:

• Eastern Samic:
  • Skolt Sami: (dialectal) käʹlǯǯ
  • Kildin Sami: ка̄ӆӆьч (kāl̥l̥’č)