Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kālvë

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 unattested Proto-Norse [script needed] (*kalwa-), from Proto-Germanic *kalwaz.[1]

Noun

*kālvë

  1. dead and dry tree which has lost its bark

Inflection

Even
Nominative *kālvë
Genitive *kāl̯v̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *kālvë *kāl̯v̯ëk
Accusative *kāl̯v̯ëm *kāl̯v̯ëjtē
Partitive *kālvëtē
Genitive *kāl̯v̯ën *kāl̯v̯ëj
Essive *kālvënē *kāl̯v̯ëjnē
Inessive *kāl̯v̯ësnē
Elative *kāl̯v̯ëstē *kāl̯v̯ëjstē
Illative *kālvës̯ën —
Comitative *kāl̯v̯ëjnē
*kāl̯v̯ëjnë 		—
Abessive *kāl̯v̯ëptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: gaalve
    • Ume Sami: gálvva
    • Pite Sami:
    • Lule Sami: gálvva
    • Northern Sami: gálva
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: kalvâ
    • Skolt Sami: kalvv
    • Kildin Sami: (obsolete or dialectal) коа̄ллв (kåållv)

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. ^ Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ánte (Aikio, Ante). 2020. Loanwords from Unattested Nordic Source Forms in Saami. Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 2020 (65):5–24.
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