Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/rāvkë

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 *ᛞᚨᚱᚨᚢᚷᚨᛉ (*dᵃraugaʀ, “ghost, phantom (mirage), illusion, delusion; evil spirit, revenant”), from Proto-Germanic *draugaz.

Various descendant folklore is analog to the cognate Norwegian folklore (see Norwegian draug) in often describing a dangerous spirit of a drowned person, which in turn drowns people. Terminologically compare Norwegian sjødraug (“sea draugr”) vs Northern Sami čáhcerávga (“water draugr”). Also compare the nixie in Nordic folklore.

Noun

*rāvkë

  1. based on descendants and period cognates: phantom (mirage, vision), ghost, revenant and thereof; potentially demon, troll, ghoul etc
  2. based on descendants and descendant cognates: sea/lake ghost (ghost of a drowned person); especially a dangerous such

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: raavke
    • Pite Sami: rávvga
    • Lule Sami: rávgga
    • Northern Sami: rávga
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Skolt Sami:
    • Kildin Sami: роа̄ввк (rååvvk)

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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