Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/jietënës

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 *ᛖᛏᚢᚾᚨᛉ (*etunaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *etunaz (“giant; overeater, glutton”, literally “eater”).[1]

Noun

*jietënës

  1. giant

Inflection

Even
Nominative *jietën̯ës
Genitive *jietën̯ësn
Singular Plural
Nominative *jietën̯ës *jietën̯ësk
Accusative *jietën̯ësm *jietën̯ësjtē
Partitive *jietën̯ëstē
Genitive *jietën̯ësn *jietën̯ësj
Essive *jietën̯ësnē *jietën̯ësjnē
Inessive *jietën̯ëssnē
Elative *jietën̯ësstē *jietën̯ësjstē
Illative *jietën̯ës̯s̯ën —
Comitative *jietën̯ësjnē
*jietën̯ësjnë 		—
Abessive *jietën̯ësptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Ume Sami: jiähtanis
    • Pite Sami: jiehtanis
    • Lule Sami: jiehtanis
    • Northern Sami: jiehtanas
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: jietânâs
    • Skolt Sami: [Term?] (jĭ̬ĕ̬ᵓt̀tᴬnɐ̑s)

References

  1. ^ Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ánte (Aikio, Ante). 2025. Two strata of Proto-Norse loanwords in Saami: Evidence for an extinct Norse variety
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