Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/skājδē

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 [script needed] (*skaiþō) (whence Old Norse skeið).[1]

Noun

*skājδē

  1. land between two joining rivers

Inflection

Even
Nominative *skājδē
Genitive *skāj̯δ̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *skājδē *skāj̯δ̯ēk
Accusative *skāj̯δ̯ēm *skāj̯δ̯ijtē
Partitive *skājδētē
Genitive *skāj̯δ̯ēn *skāj̯δ̯ij
Essive *skājδēnē *skāj̯δ̯ijnē
Inessive *skāj̯δ̯ēsnē
Elative *skāj̯δ̯ēstē *skāj̯δ̯ijstē
Illative *skājδās̯ën —
Comitative *skāj̯δ̯ijnē
*skāj̯δ̯ijnë 		—
Abessive *skāj̯δ̯ēptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Ume Sami: skájđđie, skájrrie
    • Pite Sami: skájjde
    • Lule Sami: skájdde
    • Northern Sami: skáidi
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: skäiđi
    • Skolt Sami: skäiʹdd
  • → Finnish: kaira

Further reading

  • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2024. Are There Proto-Slavic Loanwords in Saami?. Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 2024 (69):5–40.[1]
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