Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kuovlëtēk

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

According to Aikio (2006), from Pre-Samic *kakli-, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kagulō- (whence Old Norse kǫgla (“to peep, peek”), Icelandic kögla (“to peep, peek, take a look around”)).[1]

Verb

*kuovlëtēk

  1. to peek

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: goevledh
    • Pite Sami: guavvlat
    • Lule Sami: guovllat
    • Northern Sami: guovlat
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: kuovˈlâđ
    • Kildin Sami: куэввлэ (kuevvle)
    • Ter Sami: kïvvlâd

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

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2006. "On Germanic-Saami contacts and Saami prehistory". In Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 91, pp. 9–55.
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