Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/pëtë

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

From Pre-Samic *puti, borrowed from pre-Proto-Germanic *putV- (“arse, vagina”) (later *fuþiz, whence Old Norse fuð).[1]

Noun

*pëtë

  1. butt, arse

Inflection

Even
Nominative *pëtë
Genitive *pët̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *pëtë *pët̯ëk
Accusative *pët̯ëm *pët̯ëjtē
Partitive *pëtëtē
Genitive *pët̯ën *pët̯ëj
Essive *pëtënē *pët̯ëjnē
Inessive *pët̯ësnē
Elative *pët̯ëstē *pët̯ëjstē
Illative *pëtës̯ën —
Comitative *pët̯ëjnē
*pët̯ëjnë 		—
Abessive *pët̯ëptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: bahte
    • Ume Sami: bahtta
    • Pite Sami: bahta
    • Lule Sami: bahta
    • Northern Sami: bahta
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: pottâ
    • Skolt Sami: põtt
    • Kildin Sami: пэ̄дт (pēdt)
    • Ter Sami: pâtt

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, A. (2006). On Germanic-Saami contacts and Saami prehistory. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja, 2006(91), 9–55.
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