Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/šišnē

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 early Proto-Finnic *šišna (later *hihna)

Noun

*šišnē

1. reindeer leather

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*šišnē
Genitive	*šiš̯n̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*šišnē	*šiš̯n̯ēk
Accusative	*šiš̯n̯ēm	*šiš̯n̯ijtē
Partitive	*šišnētē
Genitive	*šiš̯n̯ēn	*šiš̯n̯ij
Essive	*šišnēnē	*šiš̯n̯ijnē
Inessive	*šiš̯n̯ēsnē
Elative	*šiš̯n̯ēstē	*šiš̯n̯ijstē
Illative	*šišnās̯ën	—
Comitative	*šiš̯n̯ijnē *šiš̯n̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*šiš̯n̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: šišne
  • Skolt Sami: šeʹšnn
  • Kildin Sami: шышшенҍ (šyššjen’)

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