Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/rinē

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

Noun

*rinē

1. frost

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*rinē
Genitive	*rin̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*rinē	*rin̯ēk
Accusative	*rin̯ēm	*rin̯ijtē
Partitive	*rinētē
Genitive	*rin̯ēn	*rin̯ij
Essive	*rinēnē	*rin̯ijnē
Inessive	*rin̯ēsnē
Elative	*rin̯ēstē	*rin̯ijstē
Illative	*rinās̯ën	—
Comitative	*rin̯ijnē *rin̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*rin̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: rijnie
  • Pite Sami: ridne
  • Lule Sami: ridne
  • Northern Sami: ritni
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: riṇe
  • Skolt Sami: reeʹnn
  • Kildin Sami: [script needed] (ri̮´nn)

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