Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/sealkē

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Proto-Samic

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Finnic *selkä. Doublet of *čielkē.

Noun

*sealkē

  1. back (body part)

Inflection

Even
Nominative *sealkē
Genitive *seal̯k̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *sealkē *seal̯k̯ēk
Accusative *seal̯k̯ēm *seal̯k̯ijtē
Partitive *sealkētē
Genitive *seal̯k̯ēn *seal̯k̯ij
Essive *sealkēnē *seal̯k̯ijnē
Inessive *seal̯k̯ēsnē
Elative *seal̯k̯ēstē *seal̯k̯ijstē
Illative *sealkās̯ën
Comitative *seal̯k̯ijnē
*seal̯k̯ijnë
Abessive *seal̯k̯ēptāk̯ëk

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Northern Sami: sealgi
    • Lule Sami: sielgge
  • Eastern Samic:

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