Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/šielmā

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Finnic *šëlma (later *hëlma), itself possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Lithuanian šelmuo (“ridge (of a roof)”)).[1]

Noun

*šielmā

  1. threshold, doorsill

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: sealma
    • Pite Sami: själbma
    • Lule Sami: sjielmmá
    • Northern Sami: šielbmá

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante (2012) An Essay on Saami Ethnolinguistic Prehistory. A Linguistic Map of Prehistoric Northern Europe. Ed. by Grünthal, Riho; Kallio, Petri. Mémoires de la Société Finno-Ougrienne. Suomalais-ugrilainen seura. 63-117.
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