Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/silpë

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] (*silbra-), from Proto-Germanic *silubrą.[1]

Noun

*silpë

  1. silver

Inflection

Even
Nominative *silpë
Genitive *sil̯p̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *silpë *sil̯p̯ëk
Accusative *sil̯p̯ëm *sil̯p̯ëjtē
Partitive *silpëtē
Genitive *sil̯p̯ën *sil̯p̯ëj
Essive *silpënē *sil̯p̯ëjnē
Inessive *sil̯p̯ësnē
Elative *sil̯p̯ëstē *sil̯p̯ëjstē
Illative *silpës̯ën —
Comitative *sil̯p̯ëjnē
*sil̯p̯ëjnë 		—
Abessive *sil̯p̯ëptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: sïlpe
    • Ume Sami: sïlbba
    • Pite Sami: sillba
    • Lule Sami: silbba
    • Northern Sami: silba
  • 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. ^ 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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