Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/sërvēs
Appearance
Proto-Samic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Either from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirwas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥wós, from *ḱerh₂-; or from Proto-Finnic *hirvas before *š became *h.
Noun
[edit]*sërvēs
Descendants
[edit]- Western Samic:
- Eastern Samic:
- → Finnish: sarvas
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