Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/tënē

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

From earlier *tinā, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *tiną.

Noun

*tënē

1. tin (metal)

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*tënē
Genitive	*tën̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tënē	*tën̯ēk
Accusative	*tën̯ēm	*tën̯ijtē
Partitive	*tënētē
Genitive	*tën̯ēn	*tën̯ij
Essive	*tënēnē	*tën̯ijnē
Inessive	*tën̯ēsnē
Elative	*tën̯ēstē	*tën̯ijstē
Illative	*tënās̯ën	—
Comitative	*tën̯ijnē *tën̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*tën̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: ditnie
  • Ume Sami: didˈnie
  • Pite Sami: dadne
  • Lule Sami: dadne
  • Northern Sami: datni
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: taṇe
  • Skolt Sami: tâʹnn, tââʹnn
  • Kildin Sami: таннҍ (tann’)
  • Ter Sami: tânne

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