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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kurttē

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kuþra- (whence dialectal German Koder (meat under the chin)).[1]

Noun

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*kurttē

  1. meat on the neck
  2. red-throated diver

Inflection

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Even
Nominative *kurttē
Genitive *kur̯t̯t̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *kurttē *kur̯t̯t̯ēk
Accusative *kur̯t̯t̯ēm *kur̯t̯t̯ijtē
Partitive *kurttētē
Genitive *kur̯t̯t̯ēn *kur̯t̯t̯ij
Essive *kurttēnē *kur̯t̯t̯ijnē
Inessive *kur̯t̯t̯ēsnē
Elative *kur̯t̯t̯ēstē *kur̯t̯t̯ijstē
Illative *kurttās̯ën
Comitative *kur̯t̯t̯ijnē
*kur̯t̯t̯ijnë
Abessive *kur̯t̯t̯ēptāk̯ëk

Descendants

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  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: gurhtie
    • Pite Sami: gurrte
    • Lule Sami: gurtte
    • Northern Sami: gurti
  • Eastern Samic:

Further reading

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  • 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

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  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2009. The Saami loanwords in Finnish and Karelian. PhD thesis. University of Oulu.