Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kāltëjō

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?], from Proto-Germanic *kaldijǭ.[1]

Noun

*kāltëjō

  1. spring (place where water emerges from the ground)

Inflection

Even
Nominative *kāltëjō
Genitive *kāltëj̯ōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *kāltëjō *kāltëj̯ōk
Accusative *kāltëj̯ōm *kāltëj̯ōjtē
Partitive *kāltëjōtē
Genitive *kāltëj̯ōn *kāltëj̯ōj
Essive *kāltëjōnē *kāltëj̯ōjnē
Inessive *kāltëj̯ōsnē
Elative *kāltëj̯ōstē *kāltëj̯ōjstē
Illative *kāltëjus̯ën —
Comitative *kāltëj̯ōjnē
*kāltëj̯ujnë 		—
Abessive *kāltëj̯ōptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: gaaltije
    • Lule Sami: gálldo
    • Northern Sami: gáldu
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: käldee
    • Skolt Sami: kaʹlddi
    • Kildin Sami: коа̄лльтэ (kååll’te)
    • Ter Sami: [script needed] (kal̜̄d̜e)
  • → Finnish: (dialectal) kaltio

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2019. How did Lapland become Saami? Reconstructing the interaction of Proto-Saami, Proto-Norse and Palaeo-Laplandic language communities in the Iron Age [1].
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