Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/rëntē

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

Related to Proto-Finnic *rinta of the same meaning.

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Noun

*rëntē

1. breast, chest

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*rëntē
Genitive	*rën̯t̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*rëntē	*rën̯t̯ēk
Accusative	*rën̯t̯ēm	*rën̯t̯ijtē
Partitive	*rëntētē
Genitive	*rën̯t̯ēn	*rën̯t̯ij
Essive	*rëntēnē	*rën̯t̯ijnē
Inessive	*rën̯t̯ēsnē
Elative	*rën̯t̯ēstē	*rën̯t̯ijstē
Illative	*rëntās̯ën	—
Comitative	*rën̯t̯ijnē *rën̯t̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*rën̯t̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: redtie
  • Pite Sami: radde
  • Lule Sami: radde
  • Northern Sami: raddi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: radde
  • Skolt Sami: râʹdd
  • Kildin Sami: раннҍт (rann’t)
  • Ter Sami: rânnʹde

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