Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/muorë

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

Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from a substrate language, or alternatively, according to Metsäranta (2020), from earlier *mori (“tree trunk”) and cognate with Komi-Zyrian мыр (myr, “tree stump”).[1]

Noun

*muorë

  1. tree
  2. wood

Inflection

Even
Nominative *muorë
Genitive *muor̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *muorë *muor̯ëk
Accusative *muor̯ëm *muor̯ëjtē
Partitive *muorëtē
Genitive *muor̯ën *muor̯ëj
Essive *muorënē *muor̯ëjnē
Inessive *muor̯ësnē
Elative *muor̯ëstē *muor̯ëjstē
Illative *muorës̯ën —
Comitative *muor̯ëjnē
*muor̯ëjnë 		—
Abessive *muor̯ëptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: moere
    • Ume Sami: muorra
    • Pite Sami: muorra
    • Lule Sami: muorra
    • Northern Sami: muorra
  • Eastern Samic:

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. ^ Metsäranta, Niklas. Periytyminen ja lainautuminen: Marin ja permiläisten kielten sanastontutkimusta (2020). University of Helsinki (Doctoral dissertation). pp. 135–136
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