Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/mearë

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-Finnic *meri.

Noun

*mearë

1. sea

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*mearë
Genitive	*mear̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mearë	*mear̯ëk
Accusative	*mear̯ëm	*mear̯ëjtē
Partitive	*mearëtē
Genitive	*mear̯ën	*mear̯ëj
Essive	*mearënē	*mear̯ëjnē
Inessive	*mear̯ësnē
Elative	*mear̯ëstē	*mear̯ëjstē
Illative	*mearës̯ën	—
Comitative	*mear̯ëjnē *mear̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*mear̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: mïere
  • Ume Sami: miärra
  • Pite Sami: mierra
  • Lule Sami: merra
  • Northern Sami: mearra
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: meeṛâ
  • Skolt Sami: miârr
  • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (ḿer)
  • Kildin Sami: ме̄рр (mierr)

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