Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/tiljā

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

Borrowing from North Germanic (compare Old Norse þilja), from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ. Contrast Proto-Finnic *tëljo.

Noun

*tiljā

1. seat in a boat

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami:
  • Ume Sami: dïlljá
  • Pite Sami: dilljá
  • Lule Sami: dilljá
  • Northern Sami: dilljá
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: tiljá
  • Skolt Sami: teʹllj
  • Kildin Sami: (obsolete) тылльй (tyll’j, “thwart, oarsman’s transverse seat”)

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