Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/monë

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 *minä.

Pronoun

*monë (plural *mij)

1. I

Inflection

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: manne
  • Ume Sami: månna, mån
  • Pite Sami: mån
  • Lule Sami: mån, månnå
  • Northern Sami: mun, mon
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: mun
  • Kemi Sami: mun
  • Skolt Sami: mon
  • Akkala Sami: монн (monn)
  • Kildin Sami: мунн (munn)
  • Ter Sami: мунн (munn), munn

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
• S. N. Tereshkin (2002) Йоканьгский диалект саамского языка [Ter dialect of the Sámi language], Российский государственный педагогический Университет имени А.И. Герцена, page 110