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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/skāvčā

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*skagja), from Proto-Germanic *skagją.[1]

Noun

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*skāvčā

  1. beard

Descendants

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  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: skaavtjoe
    • Ume Sami:
    • Pite Sami: skávvtjá
    • Lule Sami: sjkávttjá
    • Northern Sami: skávžá

References

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  1. ^ Piha, Minerva. 2019. “Combining Proto-Scandinavian Loanword Strata in South Saami With the Early Iron Age Archaeological Material of Jämtland and Dalarna, Sweden”. Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 2018 (64):118–233.