Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/rājδō

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

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *raidō (“ride, journey”).

Noun

*rājδō

1. line of reindeer

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*rājδō
Genitive	*rāj̯δ̯ōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*rājδō	*rāj̯δ̯ōk
Accusative	*rāj̯δ̯ōm	*rāj̯δ̯ōjtē
Partitive	*rājδōtē
Genitive	*rāj̯δ̯ōn	*rāj̯δ̯ōj
Essive	*rājδōnē	*rāj̯δ̯ōjnē
Inessive	*rāj̯δ̯ōsnē
Elative	*rāj̯δ̯ōstē	*rāj̯δ̯ōjstē
Illative	*rājδus̯ën	—
Comitative	*rāj̯δ̯ōjnē *rāj̯δ̯ujnë	—
Abessive	*rāj̯δ̯ōptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: raajroe
  • Ume Sami: rájđđuo
  • Pite Sami: rájjdo
  • Lule Sami: rájddo
  • Northern Sami: ráidu
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: ráiđu
  • Skolt Sami: räidd
  • Kildin Sami: ра̄ййт (rājjt)
  • Ter Sami: раййта (râjjtâ)
• → Swedish: rajd

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