Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/koškē

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 Proto-Finno-Ugric *kuśka.

Adjective

*koškē (attributive *koškēs)

1. dry

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: gejhkie
  • Ume Sami: gåyhkee
  • Pite Sami: koˈihkot / kåjˈhkie
  • Lule Sami: gåjkkåt / gåjkes
  • Northern Sami: goikat / goikkis
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: kuškâđ / koškes
  • Skolt Sami: kååʹšǩes
  • Akkala Sami: кошк (košk), кошьк (koš’k) / [Term?]
  • Kildin Sami: коашшьк (kåšš’k) / коашькэсь (kåš’kes’), коашшкай (kåšškaj)
  • Ter Sami: кошькесь

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), “koškē”, in Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland