Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/vāŋkē

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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 *ᚹᚨᛜᚷᚨᛉ (*waŋgaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *wangaz.[1]

Noun

*vāŋkē

  1. valley

Inflection

Even
Nominative *vāŋkē
Genitive *vāŋ̯k̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *vāŋkē *vāŋ̯k̯ēk
Accusative *vāŋ̯k̯ēm *vāŋ̯k̯ijtē
Partitive *vāŋkētē
Genitive *vāŋ̯k̯ēn *vāŋ̯k̯ij
Essive *vāŋkēnē *vāŋ̯k̯ijnē
Inessive *vāŋ̯k̯ēsnē
Elative *vāŋ̯k̯ēstē *vāŋ̯k̯ijstē
Illative *vāŋkās̯ën
Comitative *vāŋ̯k̯ijnē
*vāŋ̯k̯ijnë
Abessive *vāŋ̯k̯ēptāk̯ëk

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: vaegkie
    • Pite Sami: vágge
    • Lule Sami: vágge
    • Northern Sami: vággi

References

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