Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/sājδē

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 [script needed] (*saida-) (whence Old Norse seiðr (“saithe”)).

Noun

*sājδē

1. saithe

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*sājδē
Genitive	*sāj̯δ̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sājδē	*sāj̯δ̯ēk
Accusative	*sāj̯δ̯ēm	*sāj̯δ̯ijtē
Partitive	*sājδētē
Genitive	*sāj̯δ̯ēn	*sāj̯δ̯ij
Essive	*sājδēnē	*sāj̯δ̯ijnē
Inessive	*sāj̯δ̯ēsnē
Elative	*sāj̯δ̯ēstē	*sāj̯δ̯ijstē
Illative	*sājδās̯ën	—
Comitative	*sāj̯δ̯ijnē *sāj̯δ̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*sāj̯δ̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: saejrie
  • Ume Sami: sájđđie
  • Pite Sami: sájjde
  • Lule Sami: sájdde
  • Northern Sami: sáidi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: säiđi
  • Skolt Sami: säiʹdd
  • Kildin Sami: саййт (sajjt)
  • Ter Sami: sajjde
• → Finnish: (dialectal) saita
  • → Swedish: (obsolete) sajta

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