Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/fāttē

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 dialectal Finnish vatta, from Proto-Finnic *vacca.

Noun

*fāttē

1. stomach

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: faehtie
  • Ume Sami: fáhttie
  • Pite Sami: fáhtte
  • Lule Sami: fáhtte
  • Northern Sami: fáhtti
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: vätti
  • Skolt Sami: [Term?] (“-vȧ͕ᵓt̜̄t̜ᴱ̇”) (in compound: [script needed] (vɛ̮rr̀ᵃ-vȧ͕ᵓt̜̄t̜ᴱ̇, “cod stomach filled with blood”))
  • Kildin Sami: -ва̄һтҍ (-vāht’) (in compound: вэ̄ррваһтҍ (vērrvaht’, “cod stomach filled with blood”))

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