Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/(s)tālō

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 dialectal Norwegian ståle (“big, strong man”)).[1]

Noun

*(s)tālō

  1. giant

Inflection

Even
Nominative *(s)tālō
Genitive *(s)tāl̯ōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *(s)tālō *(s)tāl̯ōk
Accusative *(s)tāl̯ōm *(s)tāl̯ōjtē
Partitive *(s)tālōtē
Genitive *(s)tāl̯ōn *(s)tāl̯ōj
Essive *(s)tālōnē *(s)tāl̯ōjnē
Inessive *(s)tāl̯ōsnē
Elative *(s)tāl̯ōstē *(s)tāl̯ōjstē
Illative *(s)tālus̯ën —
Comitative *(s)tāl̯ōjnē
*(s)tāl̯ujnë 		—
Abessive *(s)tāl̯ōptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: staaloe
    • Ume Sami: stálluo
    • Pite Sami: stállo
    • Lule Sami: stállo
    • Northern Sami: stállu
  • Eastern Samic:
  • → Finnish: staalo

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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