Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/roŋkëtēk
Proto-Samic
Etymology
Verb
*roŋkëtēk
- to dig
Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Eastern Samic:
- Inari Sami: ruggâđ
- Skolt Sami:
- Kildin Sami: ро̄ӈӈкэ (rōŋŋke)
- Ter Sami: roŋŋgâd
- → Finnish: ronkkia
References
- ^ Aikio, Ante. 2009. The Saami loanwords in Finnish and Karelian. PhD thesis. University of Oulu.
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