Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/suonë

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 *sëne.

Noun

*suonë

1. vein

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*suonë
Genitive	*suon̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*suonë	*suon̯ëk
Accusative	*suon̯ëm	*suon̯ëjtē
Partitive	*suonëtē
Genitive	*suon̯ën	*suon̯ëj
Essive	*suonënē	*suon̯ëjnē
Inessive	*suon̯ësnē
Elative	*suon̯ëstē	*suon̯ëjstē
Illative	*suonës̯ën	—
Comitative	*suon̯ëjnē *suon̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*suon̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: soene
  • Ume Sami: suadna
  • Pite Sami: suodna
  • Lule Sami: suodna
  • Northern Sami: suotna
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: suoṇâ
  • Skolt Sami: suõnn
  • Kildin Sami: сӯнн (sūnn)
  • Ter Sami: sïnn

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