Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/vuonë

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

Origin unknown. Likely a substrate loanword.[1]

Noun

*vuonë

  1. fjord

Inflection

Even
Nominative *vuonë
Genitive *vuon̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *vuonë *vuon̯ëk
Accusative *vuon̯ëm *vuon̯ëjtē
Partitive *vuonëtē
Genitive *vuon̯ën *vuon̯ëj
Essive *vuonënē *vuon̯ëjnē
Inessive *vuon̯ësnē
Elative *vuon̯ëstē *vuon̯ëjstē
Illative *vuonës̯ën —
Comitative *vuon̯ëjnē
*vuon̯ëjnë 		—
Abessive *vuon̯ëptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: voene
    • Ume Sami: vuadna
    • Pite Sami: vuodna
    • Lule Sami: vuodna
    • Northern Sami: vuotna
  • Eastern Samic:
  • → Finnish: vuono

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2004. "An essay on substrate studies and the origin of Saami". Mémoires de la Société néophilologique de Helsinki 63: 5–34.

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
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