Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kearnē

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 Pre-Samic *kernä, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *herzną.

Noun

*kearnē

1. snow crust

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*kearnē
Genitive	*kear̯n̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kearnē	*kear̯n̯ēk
Accusative	*kear̯n̯ēm	*kear̯n̯ijtē
Partitive	*kearnētē
Genitive	*kear̯n̯ēn	*kear̯n̯ij
Essive	*kearnēnē	*kear̯n̯ijnē
Inessive	*kear̯n̯ēsnē
Elative	*kear̯n̯ēstē	*kear̯n̯ijstē
Illative	*kearnās̯ën	—
Comitative	*kear̯n̯ijnē *kear̯n̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*kear̯n̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Lule Sami:
  • Northern Sami: geardni
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: kerni
  • Skolt Sami: keäʹrnn
  • Kildin Sami: [script needed] (kie´r̄n)
  • Ter Sami: [script needed] (kier̜̄n̜e)
• → Finnish: kerni

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