Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kuomčë

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

Unknown. Probably borrowed from a substrate language.

Noun

*kuomčë

1. bear

   Synonym: *piernë

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Northern Sami: guovža
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: kuobžâ
  • Skolt Sami: kuõbǯǯ
  • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (kumtja)
  • Ter Sami: кы̄ммч (kï̄mmč)
• → Proto-Finnic: *kontija (see there for further descendants)

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