Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ponētēk
Proto-Samic
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *puna-, possibly from Indo-European. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *punoidak (“to plait”).
Verb
*ponētēk
- to plait
Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Southern Sami: butnedh
- Ume Sami: büdˈniet
- Pite Sami: bådnet
- Lule Sami: bådnet
- Northern Sami: botnit, batnit
- Eastern Samic:
- Inari Sami: panneeđ
- Skolt Sami:
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