Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/sërvēs

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

Either from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirwas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥wós, from *ḱerh₂-; or from Proto-Finnic *hirvas before *š became *h.

Noun

*sërvēs

1. bull elk

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: sarva
  • Ume Sami: sarvies
  • Pite Sami: sarves
  • Lule Sami: sarves
  • Northern Sami: sarvvis
    • → Swedish: sarv
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: saˈrves
  • Skolt Sami: sââʹrves
  • Kildin Sami: сарьвэсь (sar’ves’)
  • Ter Sami: sârʹvesʹ
• → Finnish: sarvas

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