Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/juolkē

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-Finno-Ugric *jalka.

Noun

*juolkē

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Inflection

Even
Nominative	*juolkē
Genitive	*juol̯k̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*juolkē	*juol̯k̯ēk
Accusative	*juol̯k̯ēm	*juol̯k̯ijtē
Partitive	*juolkētē
Genitive	*juol̯k̯ēn	*juol̯k̯ij
Essive	*juolkēnē	*juol̯k̯ijnē
Inessive	*juol̯k̯ēsnē
Elative	*juol̯k̯ēstē	*juol̯k̯ijstē
Illative	*juolkās̯ën	—
Comitative	*juol̯k̯ijnē *juol̯k̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*juol̯k̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: juelkie
  • Ume Sami: juölggie
  • Pite Sami: juällge
  • Lule Sami: juolgge
  • Northern Sami: juolgi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: jyelgi
  • Skolt Sami: jueʹlǧǧ
  • Akkala Sami: юэлльк (juell’k), [script needed] (juolke)
  • Kildin Sami: ю̄лльк (jūll’k)
  • Ter Sami: jïllʹge

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