Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/fālēs

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-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz.

Noun

*fālēs

1. whale

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: faala
  • Ume Sami:
  • Pite Sami: fáles
  • Lule Sami: sváles (?)
  • Northern Sami: fális
    • → Finnish: valas
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: fäälis
  • Skolt Sami: vääʹles
  • Kildin Sami: ва̄лесь (vāl’es’)
  • Ter Sami: valesʹ

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