Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/pëtë

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 Pre-Samic *puti, borrowed from pre-Proto-Germanic *putV- (“arse, vagina”) (later *fuþiz, whence Old Norse fuð).

Noun

*pëtë

1. butt, arse

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*pëtë
Genitive	*pët̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pëtë	*pët̯ëk
Accusative	*pët̯ëm	*pët̯ëjtē
Partitive	*pëtëtē
Genitive	*pët̯ën	*pët̯ëj
Essive	*pëtënē	*pët̯ëjnē
Inessive	*pët̯ësnē
Elative	*pët̯ëstē	*pët̯ëjstē
Illative	*pëtës̯ën	—
Comitative	*pët̯ëjnē *pët̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*pët̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: bahte
  • Ume Sami: bahtta
  • Pite Sami: bahta
  • Lule Sami: bahta
  • Northern Sami: bahta
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: pottâ
  • Skolt Sami: põtt
  • Kildin Sami:
  • Ter Sami: pâtt

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