Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/portētēk

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 (2024), borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*burdja-) (whence Icelandic byrða (to pull onboard) and Faroese byrða (burden)).[1]

Verb

*portētēk

  1. to stack, to pile up

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: bertedh
    • Ume Sami: bårddiet
    • Pite Sami: bårrdet
    • Lule Sami: bårddet
    • Northern Sami: bordit
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: pardeđ
    • Kildin Sami:
    • Ter Sami: porrʹded

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2024. Are There Proto-Slavic Loanwords in Saami?. Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 2024 (69):5–40.[1]