Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kontē

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

Probably from Proto-Uralic *kunta (“hunting party”) (whence also Proto-Finnic *kunta) with the semantic shift "hunting party" > "the catch of the hunters" and related to *kontētēk (“to kill”).

Noun

*kontē

1. wild reindeer

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: gedtie
  • Ume Sami: gåddee
  • Pite Sami: kåttie
  • Lule Sami: gådde
  • Northern Sami: goddi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: kodde
  • Skolt Sami: kåʹdd
  • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (kont)
  • Kildin Sami: коаннҍт (kånn’t)
  • Ter Sami: коннҍтӭ (konnʼt’e)

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

References

• Ante Aikio: New and Old Samoyed Etymologies Pt.2, Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 59 (2006).