Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/šëlmē

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-Finnic *silmä. Doublet of *čëlmē (“eye”).

Noun

*šëlmē

  1. eye of an axe blade

Inflection

Even
Nominative *šëlmē
Genitive *šël̯m̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *šëlmē *šël̯m̯ēk
Accusative *šël̯m̯ēm *šël̯m̯ijtē
Partitive *šëlmētē
Genitive *šël̯m̯ēn *šël̯m̯ij
Essive *šëlmēnē *šël̯m̯ijnē
Inessive *šël̯m̯ēsnē
Elative *šël̯m̯ēstē *šël̯m̯ijstē
Illative *šëlmās̯ën —
Comitative *šël̯m̯ijnē
*šël̯m̯ijnë 		—
Abessive *šël̯m̯ēptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: sjelmie
    • Pite Sami: sjalbme
    • Lule Sami: sjalmme
    • Northern Sami: šalbmi
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: šalme
    • Kildin Sami: шалльм (šall’m, “blunt part of an axe, butt; back of a knife”) (obsolete or dialectal)
    • Ter Sami: шалльмэ (šâllʹme)

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
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