Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/mëńē

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 Proto-Uralic *mińä.

Noun

*mëńē

1. daughter-in-law

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*mëńē
Genitive	*mëń̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mëńē	*mëń̯ēk
Accusative	*mëń̯ēm	*mëń̯ijtē
Partitive	*mëńētē
Genitive	*mëń̯ēn	*mëń̯ij
Essive	*mëńēnē	*mëń̯ijnē
Inessive	*mëń̯ēsnē
Elative	*mëń̯ēstē	*mëń̯ijstē
Illative	*mëńās̯ën	—
Comitative	*mëń̯ijnē *mëń̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*mëń̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: mænnja
  • Ume Sami: manˈnjie
  • Pite Sami: mannje
  • Lule Sami: mannje
  • Northern Sami: mannji
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: maṇje
  • Skolt Sami: mââʹnnj
  • Akkala Sami: маннь (mannj)
  • Kildin Sami: маннь (mannj)
  • Ter Sami: mânnje

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