Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ëlkē

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Proto-Finnic *ülkä.

Noun

*ëlkē

1. boy

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*ëlkē
Genitive	*ël̯k̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ëlkē	*ël̯k̯ēk
Accusative	*ël̯k̯ēm	*ël̯k̯ijtē
Partitive	*ëlkētē
Genitive	*ël̯k̯ēn	*ël̯k̯ij
Essive	*ëlkēnē	*ël̯k̯ijnē
Inessive	*ël̯k̯ēsnē
Elative	*ël̯k̯ēstē	*ël̯k̯ijstē
Illative	*ëlkās̯ën	—
Comitative	*ël̯k̯ijnē *ël̯k̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*ël̯k̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: elkie
  • Ume Sami: alggie
  • Lule Sami: alkke
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: alge
  • Skolt Sami: âʹlǧǧ
  • Akkala Sami: элльк (ell’k)
  • Kildin Sami: алльк (all’k)
  • Ter Sami: алльк (Čalʼmny-Varre), âllʹkʹ

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland