Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/vuostē

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 Proto-Uralic *wasta (“a place opposite or across”).

Related to Proto-Finnic *vasta.

Noun

*vuostē

1. opposite

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*vuostē
Genitive	*vuos̯t̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*vuostē	*vuos̯t̯ēk
Accusative	*vuos̯t̯ēm	*vuos̯t̯ijtē
Partitive	*vuostētē
Genitive	*vuos̯t̯ēn	*vuos̯t̯ij
Essive	*vuostēnē	*vuos̯t̯ijnē
Inessive	*vuos̯t̯ēsnē
Elative	*vuos̯t̯ēstē	*vuos̯t̯ijstē
Illative	*vuostās̯ën	—
Comitative	*vuos̯t̯ijnē *vuos̯t̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*vuos̯t̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: vuestie
  • Ume Sami: vuösstie
  • Pite Sami: vuässte
  • Lule Sami: vuosste-
  • Northern Sami: vuosti
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: vyesˈti-
  • Skolt Sami: vueʹstt-
  • Kildin Sami: вӯсьт- (vūs’t-), вуэсста (vuessta), вӯсьт (vūs’t)
  • Ter Sami: vïssʹte-

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