Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kearnē

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 Pre-Samic *kernä, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *herzną.[1] Compare also Swedish kornsnö (“grainy snow, more or less frozen to ice”, literally “corn snow”), snökorn (“hard icy snow particle”, literally “snow corn”).

Noun

*kearnē

  1. snow crust

Inflection

Even
Nominative *kearnē
Genitive *kear̯n̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *kearnē *kear̯n̯ēk
Accusative *kear̯n̯ēm *kear̯n̯ijtē
Partitive *kearnētē
Genitive *kear̯n̯ēn *kear̯n̯ij
Essive *kearnēnē *kear̯n̯ijnē
Inessive *kear̯n̯ēsnē
Elative *kear̯n̯ēstē *kear̯n̯ijstē
Illative *kearnās̯ën —
Comitative *kear̯n̯ijnē
*kear̯n̯ijnë 		—
Abessive *kear̯n̯ēptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Lule Sami:
    • Northern Sami: geardni
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: kerni
    • Skolt Sami: keäʹrnn
    • Kildin Sami: ке̄ррьн (kierr’n)
    • Ter Sami: [script needed] (kier̜̄n̜e)
  • → Finnish: kerni

References

  1. ^ Aikio, A. (2006). On Germanic-Saami contacts and Saami prehistory. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja, 2006(91), 9–55.

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
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