Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/vierēs

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-Finnic *veeras.

Adjective

*vierēs (attributive *vierēs)

1. strange, foreign

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Ume Sami: vieries
  • Pite Sami: vieres
  • Lule Sami: vieres
  • Northern Sami: vieris / vierẹs
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: vieres
  • Skolt Sami: veeʹres / [Term?]
  • Akkala Sami: вересь (v’er’es’), ве̄рес (v’ēr’es) (Genetz)
  • Kildin Sami: вӣресь (vīrjes’)

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