Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ājëk

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

Unknown, probably borrowed from a substrate language.[1]

Noun

*ājëk

  1. spring (water source)

Inflection

Even
Nominative *āj̯ëk
Genitive *āj̯ëkn
Singular Plural
Nominative *āj̯ëk *āj̯ëkk
Accusative *āj̯ëkm *āj̯ëkjtē
Partitive *āj̯ëktē
Genitive *āj̯ëkn *āj̯ëkj
Essive *āj̯ëknē *āj̯ëkjnē
Inessive *āj̯ëksnē
Elative *āj̯ëkstē *āj̯ëkjstē
Illative *āj̯ëk̯s̯ën —
Comitative *āj̯ëkjnē
*āj̯ëkjnë 		—
Abessive *āj̯ëkptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: aajege
    • Ume Sami:
    • Pite Sami: ája
    • Lule Sami: ája
    • Northern Sami: ája
  • → Finnish: (dialectal) aaje
  • → Karelian:
    • North Karelian: uaje
    • South Karelian: uaje

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante (2012) An Essay on Saami Ethnolinguistic Prehistory. A Linguistic Map of Prehistoric Northern Europe. Ed. by Grünthal, Riho; Kallio, Petri. Mémoires de la Société Finno-Ougrienne. Suomalais-ugrilainen seura. 63-117.
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