Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ikō

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

Adverb

*ikō

1. at night

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: jæjhka
  • Ume Sami:
  • Northern Sami: ihkku (< *ikkō)
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: iho
  • Skolt Sami: ekka
  • >? Akkala Sami: [script needed] (jeχka)
  • Kildin Sami: ыгка (ygka)
  • Ter Sami: йыгка (jïgkâ)

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