Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kuomōj

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 *kamoj, borrowed from Northwest Proto-Germanic *kāma- (whence Icelandic kám (“dirt, filth”)).

Noun

*kuomōj

1. stomach contents, chyme

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Ume Sami: guamuoj
  • Pite Sami:
  • Lule Sami: guomoj
  • Northern Sami: guomu
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: kuámui
  • Skolt Sami: kuâm
  • Kildin Sami: куэм (kuem)
  • Ter Sami: kïemaj

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