Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kuoltō

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 Pre-Samic *kalto, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz, or *kaldô (whence Icelandic kaldi).

Noun

*kuoltō

1. strong wind in winter, which blows snow up from the ground

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*kuoltō
Genitive	*kuol̯t̯ōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kuoltō	*kuol̯t̯ōk
Accusative	*kuol̯t̯ōm	*kuol̯t̯ōjtē
Partitive	*kuoltōtē
Genitive	*kuol̯t̯ōn	*kuol̯t̯ōj
Essive	*kuoltōnē	*kuol̯t̯ōjnē
Inessive	*kuol̯t̯ōsnē
Elative	*kuol̯t̯ōstē	*kuol̯t̯ōjstē
Illative	*kuoltus̯ën	—
Comitative	*kuol̯t̯ōjnē *kuol̯t̯ujnë	—
Abessive	*kuol̯t̯ōptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: gåaltoe
  • Ume Sami:
  • Pite Sami: gualldo
  • Lule Sami: guolldo
  • Northern Sami: guoldu
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: kuáldu
  • Skolt Sami: kuâldd
  • Kildin Sami: [script needed] (kuel̄d)
  • Ter Sami: [script needed] (ki̮el̄da)

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