Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/këniš
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Probably borrowed from a substrate language.[1]
Noun
[edit]*këniš[2]
- gnome (small, human-like creature thought to live under the earth)
Inflection
[edit]| Even | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *kën̯iš | |
| Genitive | *kën̯išn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *kën̯iš | *kën̯išk |
| Accusative | *kën̯išm | *kën̯išjtē |
| Partitive | *kën̯ištē | |
| Genitive | *kën̯išn | *kën̯išj |
| Essive | *kën̯išnē | *kën̯išjnē |
| Inessive | *kën̯išsnē | |
| Elative | *kën̯išstē | *kën̯išjstē |
| Illative | *kën̯iš̯s̯ën | — |
| Comitative | *kën̯išjnē *kën̯išjnë |
— |
| Abessive | *kën̯išptāk̯ëk | — |
Descendants
[edit]- Western Samic:
- Eastern Samic:
- Inari Sami: kooniš
- → Finnish: (dialectal, rare) kenes (“young rascal”)
References
[edit]- ^ Aikio, Ante (2012) An Essay on Saami Ethnolinguistic Prehistory. A Linguistic Map of Prehistoric Northern Europe. Ed. by Grünthal, Riho; Kallio, Petri. Mémoires de la Société Finno-Ougrienne. Suomalais-ugrilainen seura. 63-117.
- ^ Aikio, Ante. 2009. The Saami loanwords in Finnish and Karelian. PhD thesis. University of Oulu.