Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/eannē

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

Augmented from a lost root *eanē- (“big”) (whence also *eanëkën (“much”), *eanōj (“uncle”), *eanëm (“land”), and *eanō (“large river”)), from Proto-Uralic *enä (“big”).

Noun

*eannē

1. mother

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*eannē
Genitive	*ean̯n̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*eannē	*ean̯n̯ēk
Accusative	*ean̯n̯ēm	*ean̯n̯ijtē
Partitive	*eannētē
Genitive	*ean̯n̯ēn	*ean̯n̯ij
Essive	*eannēnē	*ean̯n̯ijnē
Inessive	*ean̯n̯ēsnē
Elative	*ean̯n̯ēstē	*ean̯n̯ijstē
Illative	*eannās̯ën	—
Comitative	*ean̯n̯ijnē *ean̯n̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*ean̯n̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Synonyms

• *eamē

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: ietnie
  • Ume Sami: eädˈnie
  • Pite Sami: äddne
  • Lule Sami: ieddne
  • Northern Sami: eadni
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: enni
  • Skolt Sami: jeäʹnˈn
  • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (jeᵢnn)
  • Kildin Sami: е̄ннҍ (jienn’)

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