Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/sësē

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

From earlier *šiša, from Proto-Finno-Permic *iša. Cognate with Proto-Finnic *hiha.

Noun

*sësē

1. sleeve

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*sësē
Genitive	*sës̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sësē	*sës̯ēk
Accusative	*sës̯ēm	*sës̯ijtē
Partitive	*sësētē
Genitive	*sës̯ēn	*sës̯ij
Essive	*sësēnē	*sës̯ijnē
Inessive	*sës̯ēsnē
Elative	*sës̯ēstē	*sës̯ijstē
Illative	*sësās̯ën	—
Comitative	*sës̯ijnē *sës̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*sës̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: sissie
  • Ume Sami: sisˈsie
  • Pite Sami: sasse
  • Lule Sami: sasse
  • Northern Sami: sassi

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