Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/sālttē

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 [script needed] (*saltą), from Proto-Germanic *saltą.[1]

Noun

*sālttē

  1. salt

Inflection

Even
Nominative *sālttē
Genitive *sāl̯t̯t̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *sālttē *sāl̯t̯t̯ēk
Accusative *sāl̯t̯t̯ēm *sāl̯t̯t̯ijtē
Partitive *sālttētē
Genitive *sāl̯t̯t̯ēn *sāl̯t̯t̯ij
Essive *sālttēnē *sāl̯t̯t̯ijnē
Inessive *sāl̯t̯t̯ēsnē
Elative *sāl̯t̯t̯ēstē *sāl̯t̯t̯ijstē
Illative *sālttās̯ën
Comitative *sāl̯t̯t̯ijnē
*sāl̯t̯t̯ijnë
Abessive *sāl̯t̯t̯ēptāk̯ëk

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: saelhtie
    • Ume Sami: sálttie
    • Pite Sami: sállte
    • Lule Sami: sállte
    • Northern Sami: sálti
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: sältti
    • Skolt Sami: säʹltt

References

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