Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/muotkē

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-Uralic *mëtka.

Noun

*muotkē

1. passage
2. isthmus

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: muerhkie
  • Pite Sami: muotˈkie
  • Lule Sami: muorkke
  • Northern Sami: muotki
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: myetki
  • Skolt Sami: mueʹtǩǩ
  • Kildin Sami: мӯттҍк (mūtt’k) (obsolete)
• → Finnish: (dialectal) muotka

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