Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/sërē

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

*sërē

1. blueberry

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*sërē
Genitive	*sër̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sërē	*sër̯ēk
Accusative	*sër̯ēm	*sër̯ijtē
Partitive	*sërētē
Genitive	*sër̯ēn	*sër̯ij
Essive	*sërēnē	*sër̯ijnē
Inessive	*sër̯ēsnē
Elative	*sër̯ēstē	*sër̯ijstē
Illative	*sërās̯ën	—
Comitative	*sër̯ijnē *sër̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*sër̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: sirrie
  • Ume Sami: sirˈrie
  • Pite Sami: sarre
  • Lule Sami: sarre
  • Northern Sami: sarri
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: saṛe
  • Skolt Sami: sââʹrr
  • Kildin Sami: саррь (sarr’)
  • Ter Sami: sârre

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