Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/rotō

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 [Term?] (whence Old Norse broti (“heap of trees felled in a wood”)).[1]

Noun

*rotō

  1. grove, thicket

Inflection

Even
Nominative *rotō
Genitive *rot̯ōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *rotō *rot̯ōk
Accusative *rot̯ōm *rot̯ōjtē
Partitive *rotōtē
Genitive *rot̯ōn *rot̯ōj
Essive *rotōnē *rot̯ōjnē
Inessive *rot̯ōsnē
Elative *rot̯ōstē *rot̯ōjstē
Illative *rotus̯ën —
Comitative *rot̯ōjnē
*rot̯ujnë 		—
Abessive *rot̯ōptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: råhtoe
    • Ume Sami: ruhttuo
    • Pite Sami: råhto
    • Lule Sami: råhto
    • Northern Sami: rohtu
  • Eastern Samic:
  • → Finnish: (dialectal) ruto

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, Ante. 2009. The Saami loanwords in Finnish and Karelian. PhD thesis. University of Oulu.
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