Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/sāmē
Appearance
Proto-Samic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier *sämä. Ultimately of uncertain origin/meaning, but cognate with Proto-Finnic *soomi (see for more).
Noun
[edit]*sāmē
- Sami person
Inflection
[edit]Even | ||
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Nominative | *sāmē | |
Genitive | *sām̯ēn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *sāmē | *sām̯ēk |
Accusative | *sām̯ēm | *sām̯ijtē |
Partitive | *sāmētē | |
Genitive | *sām̯ēn | *sām̯ij |
Essive | *sāmēnē | *sām̯ijnē |
Inessive | *sām̯ēsnē | |
Elative | *sām̯ēstē | *sām̯ijstē |
Illative | *sāmās̯ën | — |
Comitative | *sām̯ijnē *sām̯ijnë |
— |
Abessive | *sām̯ēptāk̯ëk | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Western Samic:
- Eastern Samic:
- →? Proto-Finnic: *hämä (“Tavastian”)
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