Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/sājmë

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

Unknown. Possibly borrowed from a substrate language.[1]

Noun

*sājmë

  1. net, fishnet

Inflection

Even
Nominative *sājmë
Genitive *sāj̯m̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *sājmë *sāj̯m̯ëk
Accusative *sāj̯m̯ëm *sāj̯m̯ëjtē
Partitive *sājmëtē
Genitive *sāj̯m̯ën *sāj̯m̯ëj
Essive *sājmënē *sāj̯m̯ëjnē
Inessive *sāj̯m̯ësnē
Elative *sāj̯m̯ëstē *sāj̯m̯ëjstē
Illative *sājmës̯ën
Comitative *sāj̯m̯ëjnē
*sāj̯m̯ëjnë
Abessive *sāj̯m̯ëptāk̯ëk

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Northern Sami: sáibma
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Skolt Sami: säiʹmm
    • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (saijim)
    • Kildin Sami: са̄ййм (sājjm)
    • Ter Sami: [script needed] (sȧī̭mɛ)

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante (2012) An Essay on Saami Ethnolinguistic Prehistory. A Linguistic Map of Prehistoric Northern Europe. Ed. by Grünthal, Riho; Kallio, Petri. Mémoires de la Société Finno-Ougrienne. Suomalais-ugrilainen seura. 63-117.