Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/këlmētēk
Proto-Samic edit
Etymology edit
Possibly borrowed from Baltic (compare Lithuanian geluma), and if so, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *gel-. Cognates include Komi-Permyak кын (kyn) and Proto-Finnic *külmä (“to be cold”).
Verb edit
*këlmētēk
- to be cold
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Western Samic:
- Eastern Samic:
Further reading edit
- 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