Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/jëkē

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

From Proto-Uralic *ikä. Cognate to Proto-Finnic *ikä, Proto-Ugric *ĭkä, Proto-Mordvinic *iɣə.

Noun

*jëkē

1. year

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*jëkē
Genitive	*jëk̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*jëkē	*jëk̯ēk
Accusative	*jëk̯ēm	*jëk̯ijtē
Partitive	*jëkētē
Genitive	*jëk̯ēn	*jëk̯ij
Essive	*jëkēnē	*jëk̯ijnē
Inessive	*jëk̯ēsnē
Elative	*jëk̯ēstē	*jëk̯ijstē
Illative	*jëkās̯ën	—
Comitative	*jëk̯ijnē *jëk̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*jëk̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Pite Sami: jahke
  • Lule Sami: jahke
  • Northern Sami: jahki
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: ihe
  • Skolt Sami: eeʹǩǩ
  • Akkala Sami: иһкь (ihk’), (Imandra) экь (ek’)
  • Kildin Sami: ыгкь (ygk’), (dialectal) эгкь (egk’)
  • Ter Sami: ӣгке (jigkʼe)

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