Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kārënës

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

From Proto-Uralic *karne.

Noun

*kārënës

1. crow, raven

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: gaarenasse
  • Lule Sami: gárránis
  • Northern Sami: gáranas
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: káránâs
  • Skolt Sami: käärnõs
  • Akkala Sami: ка̄рнас (kārnas), карнэсь (karnes’)
  • Kildin Sami: ка̄рнэс (kārnes) (obsolete) > ка̄рьнэсь (kār’nes’)

Further reading

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