Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ńëvē

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

Unknown. Probably borrowed from a substrate language.[1]

Noun

*ńëvē[2]

  1. small rapid in a river

Inflection

Even
Nominative *ńëvē
Genitive *ńëv̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *ńëvē *ńëv̯ēk
Accusative *ńëv̯ēm *ńëv̯ijtē
Partitive *ńëvētē
Genitive *ńëv̯ēn *ńëv̯ij
Essive *ńëvēnē *ńëv̯ijnē
Inessive *ńëv̯ēsnē
Elative *ńëv̯ēstē *ńëv̯ijstē
Illative *ńëvās̯ën —
Comitative *ńëv̯ijnē
*ńëv̯ijnë 		—
Abessive *ńëv̯ēptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: njuvvie, njivvie
    • Ume Sami:
    • Pite Sami: njavve
    • Lule Sami: njavve
    • Northern Sami: njavvi
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: njave
    • Skolt Sami: njââʹvv
    • Akkala Sami: нявв (njavv)
    • Kildin Sami: нявв (njavv)
    • Ter Sami: няввэ (njavve), нявве (njavv’e)
  • → Finnish: (dialectal) niva

Further reading

  • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

References

  1. ^ Juutinen, Markus & Kuokkala, Juha. (2025) Sámegielaid čázádagaid guoskevaš sánit [1]
  2. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2009. The Saami loanwords in Finnish and Karelian. PhD thesis. University of Oulu.
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