Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kāltëjō

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 Proto-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *kaldijǭ.^[1]

Noun

*kāltëjō

spring (place where water emerges from the ground)

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*kāltëjō
Genitive	*kāltëj̯ōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kāltëjō	*kāltëj̯ōk
Accusative	*kāltëj̯ōm	*kāltëj̯ōjtē
Partitive	*kāltëjōtē	*kāltëj̯ōjtē
Genitive	*kāltëj̯ōn	*kāltëj̯ōj
Essive	*kāltëjōnē	*kāltëj̯ōjnē
Inessive	*kāltëj̯ōsnē	*kāltëj̯ōjnē
Elative	*kāltëj̯ōstē	*kāltëj̯ōjstē
Illative	*kāltëjus̯ën	—
Comitative	kāltëj̯ōjnē kāltëj̯ujnë	—
Abessive	*kāltëj̯ōptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

Western Samic:
- Southern Sami: gaaltije
- Lule Sami: gálldo
- Northern Sami: gáldu
Eastern Samic:
- Inari Sami: käldee
- Skolt Sami: kaʹlddi
- Kildin Sami: [script needed] (kɑ´l̄dej)
- Ter Sami: [script needed] (kal̜̄d̜e)
→ Finnish: (dialectal) kaltio

References

^ Aikio, Ante. 2019. How did Lapland become Saami? Reconstructing the interaction of Proto-Saami, Proto-Norse and Palaeo-Laplandic language communities in the Iron Age [1].

[1] Aikio, Ante. 2019. How did Lapland become Saami? Reconstructing the interaction of Proto-Saami, Proto-Norse and Palaeo-Laplandic language communities in the Iron Age [1].

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