Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/pieŋkë

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

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Etymology

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Origin unknown, replacing Finno-Permic *tuwle. According to Aikio (2004), the word is a likely candidate for a substrate loanword.

Noun

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*pieŋkë

  1. wind

Inflection

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Even
Nominative *pieŋkë
Genitive *pieŋ̯k̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *pieŋkë *pieŋ̯k̯ëk
Accusative *pieŋ̯k̯ëm *pieŋ̯k̯ëjtē
Partitive *pieŋkëtē
Genitive *pieŋ̯k̯ën *pieŋ̯k̯ëj
Essive *pieŋkënē *pieŋ̯k̯ëjnē
Inessive *pieŋ̯k̯ësnē
Elative *pieŋ̯k̯ëstē *pieŋ̯k̯ëjstē
Illative *pieŋkës̯ën
Comitative *pieŋ̯k̯ëjnē
*pieŋ̯k̯ëjnë
Abessive *pieŋ̯k̯ëptāk̯ëk

Descendants

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  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: bïegke
    • Ume Sami: beägˈga
    • Pite Sami: bägˈga
    • Lule Sami: biegga
    • Northern Sami: biegga
  • Eastern Samic:

Further reading

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  • 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
  • Aikio, Ante. 2004. "An essay on substrate studies and the origin of Saami". Mémoires de la Société néophilologique de Helsinki 63: 5–34.