Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/multtē

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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

According to Aikio (2024), probably borrowed from Proto-Norse (*smulta), from Proto-Germanic *smultą, or alternatively, borrowed from early Proto-Slavic *mūdla (later *mydlo).

Noun

*multtē

  1. soap

Inflection

Even
Nominative *multtē
Genitive *mul̯t̯t̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *multtē *mul̯t̯t̯ēk
Accusative *mul̯t̯t̯ēm *mul̯t̯t̯ijtē
Partitive *multtētē
Genitive *mul̯t̯t̯ēn *mul̯t̯t̯ij
Essive *multtēnē *mul̯t̯t̯ijnē
Inessive *mul̯t̯t̯ēsnē
Elative *mul̯t̯t̯ēstē *mul̯t̯t̯ijstē
Illative *multtās̯ën
Comitative *mul̯t̯t̯ijnē
*mul̯t̯t̯ijnë
Abessive *mul̯t̯t̯ēptāk̯ëk

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Northern Sami: (obsolete) multi
  • Eastern Samic:

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2024. Are There Proto-Slavic Loanwords in Saami?. Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 2024 (69):5–40.