Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/suolnē
Proto-Samic
Etymology
Borrowed from a Baltic language; compare Latvian salna, Lithuanian šalna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śalnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolH-n-eh₂. Akin to Proto-Finnic *halla.
Noun
*suolnē
Inflection
| Even | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *suolnē | |
| Genitive | *suol̯n̯ēn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *suolnē | *suol̯n̯ēk |
| Accusative | *suol̯n̯ēm | *suol̯n̯ijtē |
| Partitive | *suolnētē | |
| Genitive | *suol̯n̯ēn | *suol̯n̯ij |
| Essive | *suolnēnē | *suol̯n̯ijnē |
| Inessive | *suol̯n̯ēsnē | |
| Elative | *suol̯n̯ēstē | *suol̯n̯ijstē |
| Illative | *suolnās̯ën | — |
| Comitative | *suol̯n̯ijnē *suol̯n̯ijnë |
— |
| Abessive | *suol̯n̯ēptāk̯ëk | — |
Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Eastern Samic:
- Inari Sami: syelˈni
- Skolt Sami: sueʹlnn
- Kildin Sami: сулльн (sull’n)
- Ter Sami: sïllʹne
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