Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/mākë

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

Probably borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *makô (whence Old Norse maki, Swedish make), or less likely, from Proto-Norse [Term?] (whence Old Norse mágr).[1]

Noun

*mākë

  1. brother-in-law

Inflection

Even
Nominative *mākë
Genitive *māk̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *mākë *māk̯ëk
Accusative *māk̯ëm *māk̯ëjtē
Partitive *mākëtē
Genitive *māk̯ën *māk̯ëj
Essive *mākënē *māk̯ëjnē
Inessive *māk̯ësnē
Elative *māk̯ëstē *māk̯ëjstē
Illative *mākës̯ën —
Comitative *māk̯ëjnē
*māk̯ëjnë 		—
Abessive *māk̯ëptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: maake
    • Ume Sami: maahka
    • Pite Sami: maahka
    • Lule Sami: máhka
    • Northern Sami: máhka
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: maahâ
    • Skolt Sami: maakk
    • Kildin Sami: [script needed] (māgg)

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. ^ Piha, Minerva. 2019. “Combining Proto-Scandinavian Loanword Strata in South Saami With the Early Iron Age Archaeological Material of Jämtland and Dalarna, Sweden”. Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 2018 (64):118–233.
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