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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ëčē

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ićä / *ećä[1] (*ëčē < *ićä, *eačē < *ećä). This word has many variants; in Western Samic, this word is instead represented as *āččē (as if from *äććä). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. explain why. what about *ičē?

Noun

*ëčē

  1. father

Inflection
Even
Nominative *ëčē
Genitive *ëč̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *ëčē *ëč̯ēk
Accusative *ëč̯ēm *ëč̯ijtē
Partitive *ëčētē
Genitive *ëč̯ēn *ëč̯ij
Essive *ëčēnē *ëč̯ijnē
Inessive *ëč̯ēsnē
Elative *ëč̯ēstē *ëč̯ijstē
Illative *ëčās̯ën —
Comitative *ëč̯ijnē
*ëč̯ijnë		 —
Abessive *ëč̯ēptāk̯ëk —

Descendants
  • Western Samic: (all < *āččē)
    • Southern Sami: aehtjie
    • Ume Sami: áhttjie
    • Pite Sami: áhttje
    • Lule Sami: áhttje
    • Northern Sami: áhčči
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: eeči (< *eačē)
    • Kemi Sami: äätj (< *eačē)
    • Skolt Sami: eʹčč (< *ičē)
    • Akkala Sami: эһч (ehč), е̄ч (jēč) (< *ëčē)
    • Kildin Sami: аджь (adž’) (< *ëčē)
    • Ter Sami: jiečče (< *eačē)

References
  1. Ante Aikio (2014) “The Uralic-Yukaghir lexical correspondences: genetic inheritance, language contact or chance resemblance?”, in Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen, volume 62

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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