Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/vāntēs

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

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*wandaʀ) (whence Old Norse vandr (“difficult”)), from Proto-Germanic *wandaz.

Adjective

*vāntēs

1. difficult, hard

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Lule Sami: váttes
  • Northern Sami: váttis
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: väädis