Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ronō

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*runō), a hypothetical feminine form of Proto-Norse [script needed] (*runan-) (whence Old Norse runi (“boar”)).[1]

Noun

*ronō

  1. reindeer cow which has not calved

Inflection

Even
Nominative *ronō
Genitive *ron̯ōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *ronō *ron̯ōk
Accusative *ron̯ōm *ron̯ōjtē
Partitive *ronōtē
Genitive *ron̯ōn *ron̯ōj
Essive *ronōnē *ron̯ōjnē
Inessive *ron̯ōsnē
Elative *ron̯ōstē *ron̯ōjstē
Illative *ronus̯ën —
Comitative *ron̯ōjnē
*ron̯ujnë 		—
Abessive *ron̯ōptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: råtnoe
    • Ume Sami: rudˈnuo
    • Pite Sami: rådno
    • Lule Sami: rådno
    • Northern Sami: rotnu
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: ronno
    • Skolt Sami: råånn
    • Kildin Sami:
  • → Finnish: (dialectal) runo
  • → Karelian:

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. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2009. The Saami loanwords in Finnish and Karelian. PhD thesis. University of Oulu.
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