Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/vërë

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 *were.

Noun

*vërë

1. blood

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*vërë
Genitive	*vër̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*vërë	*vër̯ëk
Accusative	*vër̯ëm	*vër̯ëjtē
Partitive	*vërëtē
Genitive	*vër̯ën	*vër̯ëj
Essive	*vërënē	*vër̯ëjnē
Inessive	*vër̯ësnē
Elative	*vër̯ëstē	*vër̯ëjstē
Illative	*vërës̯ën	—
Comitative	*vër̯ëjnē *vër̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*vër̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: vïrre
  • Ume Sami: varˈra
  • Pite Sami: varra
  • Lule Sami: varra
  • Northern Sami: varra
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: vorrâ
  • Skolt Sami: võrr
  • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (vɵrr)
  • Kildin Sami: вэ̄рр (vērr)
  • Ter Sami: vârr

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