Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/vijδēs

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 *ᚹᛁᛞᚨᛉ (*widaʀ /⁠wīdaz⁠/), from Proto-Germanic *wīdaz.[1]

Adjective

*vijδēs (attributive *vijδēs)

  1. wide

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: vijries
    • Ume Sami: vijđies
    • Pite Sami: vijdes
    • Lule Sami: vijdes
    • Northern Sami: viiddis / viiddẹs
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: viijđes / vijđes
    • Skolt Sami: veeidas / veiddsõs

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. ^ Piha, Minerva. 2019. “Combining Proto-Scandinavian Loanword Strata in South Saami With the Early Iron Age Archaeological Material of Jämtland and Dalarna, Sweden”. Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 2018 (64):118–233.