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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.
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Proto-Samic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Finnic *alkadak.
Verb
*ālkētēk
- to begin
Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Southern Sami: aelkedh
- Ume Sami: álggiet
- Pite Sami: állget
- Lule Sami: álgget
- Northern Sami: álgit
- Eastern Samic:
- Inari Sami: älgiđ
- Skolt Sami: äʹlǧǧed
- Akkala Sami: алльке (all’k’e)
- Kildin Sami: аллькэ (all’ke)
- Ter Sami: allʹged
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