Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/lāffēs

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 [script needed] (*flauhaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz. Doublet of *lāvkkēs.[1]

Noun

*lāffēs

  1. flea
    Synonym: *lāvkkēs

Inflection

Even
Nominative *lāf̯f̯ēs
Genitive *lāf̯f̯ēsn
Singular Plural
Nominative *lāf̯f̯ēs *lāf̯f̯ēsk
Accusative *lāf̯f̯ēsm *lāf̯f̯ēsjtē
Partitive *lāf̯f̯ēstē
Genitive *lāf̯f̯ēsn *lāf̯f̯ēsj
Essive *lāf̯f̯ēsnē *lāf̯f̯ēsjnē
Inessive *lāf̯f̯ēssnē
Elative *lāf̯f̯ēsstē *lāf̯f̯ēsjstē
Illative *lāf̯f̯ēs̯s̯ën —
Comitative *lāf̯f̯ēsjnē
*lāf̯f̯ēsjnë 		—
Abessive *lāf̯f̯ēsptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: laaffa
    • Lule Sami: láffes

References

  1. ^ Aikio, A. (2006). On Germanic-Saami contacts and Saami prehistory. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja, 2006(91), 9–55.
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