Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/muonëtēk

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 earlier *mane-, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *mananą or *manōną. The appearence of *oa in Lule and Northern Sami is irregular.

Verb

*muonëtēk

1. (Western Samic) to guess

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: moenedh
  • Ume Sami: muannat, månnat
  • Pite Sami: muonnat
  • Lule Sami: må̄nnat

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
• Aikio, Ante. 2006. "On Germanic-Saami contacts and Saami prehistory". In Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 91, pp. 9–55.