Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/mātō

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

Borrowed from Proto-Finnic *mato. A doublet of *muocē.

Noun

*mātō

1. worm

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*mātō
Genitive	*māt̯ōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mātō	*māt̯ōk
Accusative	*māt̯ōm	*māt̯ōjtē
Partitive	*mātōtē
Genitive	*māt̯ōn	*māt̯ōj
Essive	*mātōnē	*māt̯ōjnē
Inessive	*māt̯ōsnē
Elative	*māt̯ōstē	*māt̯ōjstē
Illative	*mātus̯ën	—
Comitative	*māt̯ōjnē *māt̯ujnë	—
Abessive	*māt̯ōptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Lule Sami: máhto
  • Northern Sami: máhtu
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: máátu
  • Skolt Sami: määtt
  • Kildin Sami: ма̄дт (mādt)
  • Ter Sami: matta

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