Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/mietë

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

A loanword from Proto-Finnic *meci (stem *mete-). For a direct cognate, **mëtë would be predicted.

Noun

*mietë

1. honey

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*mietë
Genitive	*miet̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mietë	*miet̯ëk
Accusative	*miet̯ëm	*miet̯ëjtē
Partitive	*mietëtē
Genitive	*miet̯ën	*miet̯ëj
Essive	*mietënē	*miet̯ëjnē
Inessive	*miet̯ësnē
Elative	*miet̯ëstē	*miet̯ëjstē
Illative	*mietës̯ën	—
Comitative	*miet̯ëjnē *miet̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*miet̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Pite Sami: mierra, miedda
  • Lule Sami: mieda
  • Northern Sami: miehta
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: mietâ
  • Skolt Sami: miõtt
  • Kildin Sami: мӣдт (mīdt)
  • Ter Sami: mitt

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