Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/nuorttē

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 *ᚾᛟᚱᚦᚱᚨ (*norþra /⁠norþra⁠/), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą.

Noun

*nuorttē

  1. (roughly) the direction one travels in by going clockwise around the coastline of (northern) Scandinavia; (depending on the location) north; east; south

Inflection

Even
Nominative *nuorttē
Genitive *nuor̯t̯t̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *nuorttē *nuor̯t̯t̯ēk
Accusative *nuor̯t̯t̯ēm *nuor̯t̯t̯ijtē
Partitive *nuorttētē
Genitive *nuor̯t̯t̯ēn *nuor̯t̯t̯ij
Essive *nuorttēnē *nuor̯t̯t̯ijnē
Inessive *nuor̯t̯t̯ēsnē
Elative *nuor̯t̯t̯ēstē *nuor̯t̯t̯ijstē
Illative *nuorttās̯ën —
Comitative *nuor̯t̯t̯ijnē
*nuor̯t̯t̯ijnë 		—
Abessive *nuor̯t̯t̯ēptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: noerhte (“north”)
    • Northern Sami: nuorta, nuorti (“east”)
  • Eastern Samic:
    • >? Inari Sami: nuorttâ (“east”)
    • Skolt Sami: nuõrti (“east”)
    • Kildin Sami: нуҏҏьт (nur̥r̥’t, “east”)
    • Ter Sami: nïrrʹde (“south”)

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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