Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kietë

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 *käte.

Noun

*kietë

1. hand

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*kietë
Genitive	*kiet̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kietë	*kiet̯ëk
Accusative	*kiet̯ëm	*kiet̯ëjtē
Partitive	*kietëtē
Genitive	*kiet̯ën	*kiet̯ëj
Essive	*kietënē	*kiet̯ëjnē
Inessive	*kiet̯ësnē
Elative	*kiet̯ëstē	*kiet̯ëjstē
Illative	*kietës̯ën	—
Comitative	*kiet̯ëjnē *kiet̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*kiet̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: gïete
  • Ume Sami: giähta
  • Pite Sami: giehta
  • Lule Sami: giehta
  • Northern Sami: giehta
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: kietâ
  • Skolt Sami: ǩiõtt
  • Akkala Sami: киһт (kiht)
  • Kildin Sami: кӣдт (kīdt)
  • Ter Sami: kitt

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