Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/muocē

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-Finno-Permic *mača (whence probably also Proto-Finnic *mato), borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mákš ~ *mačás (“midge, fly, bee”).

Noun

*muocē

1. moth

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Ume Sami: müehtsee
  • Pite Sami: muohtse
  • Northern Sami: muohcu (from *muocō)
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: muȧccuđ
  • Skolt Sami: muâccad
  • Kildin Sami: [script needed] (mu͕əᴅtsɐᵟ) (obsolete)

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