Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/fārō
Proto-Samic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *farō. The loaning likely postdates the split between Eastern and Western Samic, with Germanic *f substituted by *v in the former, retained in the latter.
Noun
*fārō
Inflection
| Even | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *fārō | |
| Genitive | *fār̯ōn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *fārō | *fār̯ōk |
| Accusative | *fār̯ōm | *fār̯ōjtē |
| Partitive | *fārōtē | |
| Genitive | *fār̯ōn | *fār̯ōj |
| Essive | *fārōnē | *fār̯ōjnē |
| Inessive | *fār̯ōsnē | |
| Elative | *fār̯ōstē | *fār̯ōjstē |
| Illative | *fārus̯ën | — |
| Comitative | *fār̯ōjnē *fār̯ujnë |
— |
| Abessive | *fār̯ōptāk̯ëk | — |
Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Eastern Samic:
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