Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/siesā

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

Noun

*siesā

1. paternal aunt

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: seasa
  • Ume Sami: siässá
  • Pite Sami: siessá
  • Lule Sami: siessá
  • Northern Sami: siessá
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: siäsá
  • Skolt Sami: sieʹss (< *siesē)
  • Akkala Sami: сессь (s’ess’) (< *siesē)
  • Kildin Sami: сӣссь (sīss’) (< *siesē)

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