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 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 dialectal Finnish vatta, from Proto-Finnic *vacca.

Noun

*fāttē

  1. stomach

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: faehtie
    • Ume Sami: fáhttie
    • Pite Sami: fáhtte
    • Lule Sami: fáhtte
    • Northern Sami: fáhtti
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: vätti
    • Skolt Sami: (“-vȧ͕ᵓt̜̄t̜ᴱ̇”) (in compound: (vɛ̮rr̀ᵃ-vȧ͕ᵓt̜̄t̜ᴱ̇, “cod stomach filled with blood”))
    • Kildin Sami: -ва̄һтҍ (-vāht’) (in compound: вэ̄ррваһтҍ (vērrvaht’, “cod stomach filled with blood”))

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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