Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/sārnē

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

Borrowed from Proto-Finnic *sarna (“speech; tale, story”), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *śarna (“incantation, speech”). Cognate with Proto-Permic *śɔrńi.

Noun

*sārnē

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Inflection

Odd
Nominative	*sārnē
Genitive	*sār̯n̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sārnē	*sār̯n̯ēk
Accusative	*sār̯n̯ēm	*sār̯n̯ējtē
Partitive	*sārnētē
Genitive	*sār̯n̯ēn	*sār̯n̯ēj
Essive	*sārnēnē	*sār̯n̯ējnē
Inessive	*sār̯n̯ēsnē
Elative	*sār̯n̯ēstē	*sār̯n̯ējstē
Illative	*sārnās̯ën	—
Comitative	*sār̯n̯ējnē *sār̯n̯ējnë	—
Abessive	*sār̯n̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: saarnie
  • Lule Sami: sárnne
  • Northern Sami: sárdni
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: särni

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “sār̀nē”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland