Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ëčē
Proto-Samic
Alternative forms
- *eačē, *ičē, *āččē
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *ićä / *ećä[1] (*ëčē < *ićä, *eačē < *ećä). This word has many variants; in Western Samic, this word is instead represented as *āččē (as if from *äććä). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. explain why. what about *ičē?
Noun
*ëčē
Inflection
| Even | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *ëčē | |
| Genitive | *ëč̯ēn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *ëčē | *ëč̯ēk |
| Accusative | *ëč̯ēm | *ëč̯ijtē |
| Partitive | *ëčētē | |
| Genitive | *ëč̯ēn | *ëč̯ij |
| Essive | *ëčēnē | *ëč̯ijnē |
| Inessive | *ëč̯ēsnē | |
| Elative | *ëč̯ēstē | *ëč̯ijstē |
| Illative | *ëčās̯ën | — |
| Comitative | *ëč̯ijnē *ëč̯ijnë |
— |
| Abessive | *ëč̯ēptāk̯ëk | — |
Descendants
- Western Samic: (all < *āččē)
- Eastern Samic:
References
- ^ Ante Aikio (2014) “The Uralic-Yukaghir lexical correspondences: genetic inheritance, language contact or chance resemblance?”, in Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen, volume 62
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland