Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/portētēk
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
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