Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/linnō

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. According to Aikio (2004), probably borrowed from a substrate language.[1]

Noun

*linnō

  1. Eurasian eagle owl

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Northern Sami: lidnu

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2004. "An essay on substrate studies and the origin of Saami". Mémoires de la Société néophilologique de Helsinki 63: 5–34.