Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/këlpë
Proto-Samic
Etymology
Cognate with Proto-Finnic *kilpi, possibly borrowed by metathesis from Proto-Germanic *hlībō (whence Old Norse hlíf).
Noun
*këlpë
Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Eastern Samic:
- Inari Sami: kolbâ
- Skolt Sami: kõlbb
- Kildin Sami:
Further reading
- Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland