Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ākŋō

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

Noun

*ākŋō

1. fork

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*ākŋō
Genitive	*āk̯ŋ̯ōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ākŋō	*āk̯ŋ̯ōk
Accusative	*āk̯ŋ̯ōm	*āk̯ŋ̯ōjtē
Partitive	*ākŋōtē
Genitive	*āk̯ŋ̯ōn	*āk̯ŋ̯ōj
Essive	*ākŋōnē	*āk̯ŋ̯ōjnē
Inessive	*āk̯ŋ̯ōsnē
Elative	*āk̯ŋ̯ōstē	*āk̯ŋ̯ōjstē
Illative	*ākŋus̯ën	—
Comitative	*āk̯ŋ̯ōjnē *āk̯ŋ̯ujnë	—
Abessive	*āk̯ŋ̯ōptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Pite Sami: ággŋo
  • Lule Sami: hággŋo
  • Northern Sami: ákŋu
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: ááŋu
  • Skolt Sami: ääŋŋ
  • Kildin Sami: а̄ввьн (āvv’n)
  • Ter Sami: avvŋa

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