Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/jëkē

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

From Proto-Uralic *ikä. Cognate to Proto-Finnic *ikä, Proto-Ugric *ĭkä, Proto-Mordvinic *iɣə.

Noun

*jëkē

  1. year

Inflection

Even
Nominative *jëkē
Genitive *jëk̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *jëkē *jëk̯ēk
Accusative *jëk̯ēm *jëk̯ijtē
Partitive *jëkētē
Genitive *jëk̯ēn *jëk̯ij
Essive *jëkēnē *jëk̯ijnē
Inessive *jëk̯ēsnē
Elative *jëk̯ēstē *jëk̯ijstē
Illative *jëkās̯ën
Comitative *jëk̯ijnē
*jëk̯ijnë
Abessive *jëk̯ēptāk̯ëk

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Pite Sami: jahke
    • Lule Sami: jahke
    • Northern Sami: jahki
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: ihe
    • Skolt Sami: eeʹǩǩ
    • Akkala Sami: иһкь (ihk’), (Imandra) экь (ek’)
    • Kildin Sami: ыгкь (ygk’), (dialectal) эгкь (egk’)
    • Ter Sami: ӣгке (jigkʼe)

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