Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/rotō
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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 Proto-Norse (whence Old Norse broti (“heap of trees felled in a wood”)).[1]
Noun
*rotō
Inflection
| Even | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *rotō | |
| Genitive | *rot̯ōn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *rotō | *rot̯ōk |
| Accusative | *rot̯ōm | *rot̯ōjtē |
| Partitive | *rotōtē | |
| Genitive | *rot̯ōn | *rot̯ōj |
| Essive | *rotōnē | *rot̯ōjnē |
| Inessive | *rot̯ōsnē | |
| Elative | *rot̯ōstē | *rot̯ōjstē |
| Illative | *rotus̯ën | — |
| Comitative | *rot̯ōjnē *rot̯ujnë |
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| Abessive | *rot̯ōptāk̯ëk | — |
Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Eastern Samic:
- → Finnish: (dialectal) ruto
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
References
- ^ Aikio, Ante. 2009. The Saami loanwords in Finnish and Karelian. PhD thesis. University of Oulu.