Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/sealkē

Proto-Samic

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Finnic *selkä. Doublet of *čielkē.

Noun

*sealkē

1. back (body part)

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*sealkē
Genitive	*seal̯k̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sealkē	*seal̯k̯ēk
Accusative	*seal̯k̯ēm	*seal̯k̯ijtē
Partitive	*sealkētē
Genitive	*seal̯k̯ēn	*seal̯k̯ij
Essive	*sealkēnē	*seal̯k̯ijnē
Inessive	*seal̯k̯ēsnē
Elative	*seal̯k̯ēstē	*seal̯k̯ijstē
Illative	*sealkās̯ën	—
Comitative	*seal̯k̯ijnē *seal̯k̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*seal̯k̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Northern Sami: sealgi
  • Lule Sami: sielgge
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: selgi
  • Skolt Sami: seä´lǧǧ
  • Akkala Sami: сиэлльк (siell’k)
  • Kildin Sami: се̄лльк (sjēll’k), [script needed] (sjelj)
  • Ter Sami: [script needed] (siel̜̄ᵍk͕ᴱ)

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