Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/piekkënjë
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Origin unknown. According to Aikio (2004),[1] the word is a likely candidate for a substrate loanword. Another theory posits Proto-Uralic *päke (“bird of prey”).[2]
Noun
[edit]*piekkënjë
- rough-legged buzzard, Buteo lagopus
Descendants
[edit]- Western Samic:
- Northern Sami: biehkan
- Eastern Samic:
Further reading
[edit]- 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
References
[edit]- ^ Aikio, Ante. 2004. "An essay on substrate studies and the origin of Saami". Mémoires de la Société néophilologique de Helsinki 63: 5–34.
- ^ Entry #718 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.