Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/pāŋkē

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Finnic *panka.

Noun

*pāŋkē

1. headstall of a reindeer

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*pāŋkē
Genitive	*pāŋ̯k̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*pāŋkē	*pāŋ̯k̯ēk
Accusative	*pāŋ̯k̯ēm	*pāŋ̯k̯ijtē
Partitive	*pāŋkētē
Genitive	*pāŋ̯k̯ēn	*pāŋ̯k̯ij
Essive	*pāŋkēnē	*pāŋ̯k̯ijnē
Inessive	*pāŋ̯k̯ēsnē
Elative	*pāŋ̯k̯ēstē	*pāŋ̯k̯ijstē
Illative	*pāŋkās̯ën	—
Comitative	*pāŋ̯k̯ijnē *pāŋ̯k̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*pāŋ̯k̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: baegkie
  • Ume Sami:
  • Pite Sami: bágge
  • Lule Sami: bágge
  • Northern Sami: bággi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: päggi
  • Skolt Sami: päʹǧǧ
  • Kildin Sami: [script needed] (pā´ŋ̄g)
  • Ter Sami: [script needed] (paŋ̜̄g̜e)

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “pāŋkē”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland