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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/fārō

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *farō. The loaning likely postdates the split between Eastern and Western Samic, with Germanic *f substituted by *v in the former, retained in the latter.

Noun

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*fārō

  1. trip, journey
  2. travel companion

Inflection

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Even
Nominative *fārō
Genitive *fār̯ōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *fārō *fār̯ōk
Accusative *fār̯ōm *fār̯ōjtē
Partitive *fārōtē
Genitive *fār̯ōn *fār̯ōj
Essive *fārōnē *fār̯ōjnē
Inessive *fār̯ōsnē
Elative *fār̯ōstē *fār̯ōjstē
Illative *fārus̯ën
Comitative *fār̯ōjnē
*fār̯ujnë
Abessive *fār̯ōptāk̯ëk

Descendants

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  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: faaroe
    • Ume Sami: fárruo
    • Pite Sami: fárro
    • Lule Sami: fárro
    • Northern Sami: fárru
  • Eastern Samic:

Further reading

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  • 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