Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kiekë

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 earlier *käki, cognate with Proto-Finnic *käki, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (whence Latvian dzeguze, Lithuanian gegė, gegužė).

Noun

*kiekë

1. cuckoo

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*kiekë
Genitive	*kiek̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kiekë	*kiek̯ëk
Accusative	*kiek̯ëm	*kiek̯ëjtē
Partitive	*kiekëtē
Genitive	*kiek̯ën	*kiek̯ëj
Essive	*kiekënē	*kiek̯ëjnē
Inessive	*kiek̯ësnē
Elative	*kiek̯ëstē	*kiek̯ëjstē
Illative	*kiekës̯ën	—
Comitative	*kiek̯ëjnē *kiek̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*kiek̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: gïeke
  • Ume Sami: giähka
  • Pite Sami: giehka
  • Lule Sami: giehka
  • Northern Sami: giehka
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: kiehâ
  • Skolt Sami: ǩiõkk
  • Akkala Sami: киһк (kihk)
  • Kildin Sami: кӣгк (kīgk)
  • Ter Sami: kikk

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