Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/čāšnē

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-Finno-Permic *śäśnä. Cognate to Proto-Finnic *hähnä.

Noun

*čāšnē

1. woodpecker

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*čāšnē
Genitive	*čāš̯n̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*čāšnē	*čāš̯n̯ēk
Accusative	*čāš̯n̯ēm	*čāš̯n̯ijtē
Partitive	*čāšnētē
Genitive	*čāš̯n̯ēn	*čāš̯n̯ij
Essive	*čāšnēnē	*čāš̯n̯ijnē
Inessive	*čāš̯n̯ēsnē
Elative	*čāš̯n̯ēstē	*čāš̯n̯ijstē
Illative	*čāšnās̯ën	—
Comitative	*čāš̯n̯ijnē *čāš̯n̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*čāš̯n̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Ume Sami:
  • Pite Sami: tjájdne
  • Lule Sami: tjájnne, tjájhnne
  • Northern Sami: čáihni
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: čäšni
  • Skolt Sami: čeäʹšnn
  • Kildin Sami: ча̄шэнҍ (čāšen’)
  • Ter Sami: čeaššna

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