Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/čeavrēs

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

Origin unknown. According to Aikio (2004), the word is a likely candidate for a substrate loanword. Possibly related to Finnish saarva.

Noun

*čeavrēs

1. otter

Inflection

Odd
Nominative	*čeav̯r̯ēs
Genitive	*čeavrās̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*čeav̯r̯ēs	*čeavrās̯ëk
Accusative	*čeavrās̯ëm	*čeavrās̯ëjtē
Partitive	*čeav̯r̯ēstē
Genitive	*čeavrās̯ën	*čeavrās̯ëj
Essive	*čeav̯r̯ēsnē	*čeavrās̯ëjnē
Inessive	*čeavrās̯ësnē
Elative	*čeavrās̯ëstē	*čeavrās̯ëjstē
Illative	*čeav̯r̯ās̯s̯ën	—
Comitative	*čeavrās̯ëjnē *čeavrās̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*čeavrās̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: tjeavra
  • Ume Sami: tjievries
  • Pite Sami: tjievres
  • Lule Sami: tjievres
  • Northern Sami: čeavrris
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: čeevris
  • Skolt Sami: čeeuʹres
  • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (čevres)
  • Kildin Sami: че̄вьресь (čiev’r’es’)
  • Ter Sami: ча̄рьвэсь

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