Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ājttër

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 *ᚨᛁᚺᛏᛖᚱ (*aihtēr), from Proto-Germanic *aihtēr.[1]

Noun

*ājttër

  1. owner, caretaker

Inflection

Even
Nominative *āj̯t̯t̯ër
Genitive *āj̯t̯t̯ërn
Singular Plural
Nominative *āj̯t̯t̯ër *āj̯t̯t̯ërk
Accusative *āj̯t̯t̯ërm *āj̯t̯t̯ërjtē
Partitive *āj̯t̯t̯ërtē
Genitive *āj̯t̯t̯ërn *āj̯t̯t̯ërj
Essive *āj̯t̯t̯ërnē *āj̯t̯t̯ërjnē
Inessive *āj̯t̯t̯ërsnē
Elative *āj̯t̯t̯ërstē *āj̯t̯t̯ërjstē
Illative *āj̯t̯t̯ër̯s̯ën —
Comitative *āj̯t̯t̯ërjnē
*āj̯t̯t̯ërjnë 		—
Abessive *āj̯t̯t̯ërptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: aajtere
    • Ume Sami: ájttare
    • Lule Sami: ájtar
    • Northern Sami: áittar

References

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