Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/rotō

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

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?] (whence Old Norse broti (“heap of trees felled in a wood”)).

Noun

*rotō

1. grove, thicket

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*rotō
Genitive	*rot̯ōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*rotō	*rot̯ōk
Accusative	*rot̯ōm	*rot̯ōjtē
Partitive	*rotōtē
Genitive	*rot̯ōn	*rot̯ōj
Essive	*rotōnē	*rot̯ōjnē
Inessive	*rot̯ōsnē
Elative	*rot̯ōstē	*rot̯ōjstē
Illative	*rotus̯ën	—
Comitative	*rot̯ōjnē *rot̯ujnë	—
Abessive	*rot̯ōptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: råhtoe
  • Ume Sami: ruhttuo
  • Pite Sami: råhto
  • Lule Sami: råhto
  • Northern Sami: rohtu
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: roto
  • Skolt Sami: råått
  • Kildin Sami: роадт (rådt)
• → Finnish: (dialectal) ruto

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