Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/tāvtë

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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 North Germanic (compare Old Norse dauði), from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz (death).

Noun

*tāvtë

  1. disease, sickness

Inflection

Even
Nominative *tāvtë
Genitive *tāv̯t̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *tāvtë *tāv̯t̯ëk
Accusative *tāv̯t̯ëm *tāv̯t̯ëjtē
Partitive *tāvtëtē
Genitive *tāv̯t̯ën *tāv̯t̯ëj
Essive *tāvtënē *tāv̯t̯ëjnē
Inessive *tāv̯t̯ësnē
Elative *tāv̯t̯ëstē *tāv̯t̯ëjstē
Illative *tāvtës̯ën
Comitative *tāv̯t̯ëjnē
*tāv̯t̯ëjnë
Abessive *tāv̯t̯ëptāk̯ëk

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Ume Sami: dávdda
    • Pite Sami: dávvda
    • Lule Sami: dávdda
    • Northern Sami: dávda
  • 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