Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/moršë

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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

Unknown. Probably borrowed from a substrate language.

Noun

*moršë

  1. walrus

Inflection

Even
Nominative *moršë
Genitive *mor̯š̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *moršë *mor̯š̯ëk
Accusative *mor̯š̯ëm *mor̯š̯ëjtē
Partitive *moršëtē
Genitive *mor̯š̯ën *mor̯š̯ëj
Essive *moršënē *mor̯š̯ëjnē
Inessive *mor̯š̯ësnē
Elative *mor̯š̯ëstē *mor̯š̯ëjstē
Illative *moršës̯ën —
Comitative *mor̯š̯ëjnē
*mor̯š̯ëjnë 		—
Abessive *mor̯š̯ëptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Northern Sami: morša
  • Eastern Samic:
  • → Finnish: mursu
  • → Karelian:
  • → Russian: морж (morž)

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2009. The Saami loanwords in Finnish and Karelian. PhD thesis. University of Oulu.
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