Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kāllēs

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

Derived from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.

Noun

*kāllēs

1. old man

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*kāl̯l̯ēs
Genitive	*kāl̯l̯ēsn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kāl̯l̯ēs	*kāl̯l̯ēsk
Accusative	*kāl̯l̯ēsm	*kāl̯l̯ēsjtē
Partitive	*kāl̯l̯ēstē
Genitive	*kāl̯l̯ēsn	*kāl̯l̯ēsj
Essive	*kāl̯l̯ēsnē	*kāl̯l̯ēsjnē
Inessive	*kāl̯l̯ēssnē
Elative	*kāl̯l̯ēsstē	*kāl̯l̯ēsjstē
Illative	*kāl̯l̯ēs̯s̯ën	—
Comitative	*kāl̯l̯ēsjnē *kāl̯l̯ēsjnë	—
Abessive	*kāl̯l̯ēsptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic
  • Southern Sami: gaellies
  • Ume Sami: gàllès
  • Pite Sami: kaallies
  • Lule Sami: gálles
  • Northern Sami: gállis
• Eastern Samic
  • Inari Sami: kääḷis
  • Skolt Sami: kää´lles
  • Kildin Sami: ка̄ллесь (kāll’es’)
  • Ter Sami: [Term?] (kal̜es̜)

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