Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/sësnē

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 earlier *šišna, cognate with Proto-Finnic *hihna, both possibly borrowed from a substrate language.

Noun

*sësnē

1. tanned leather

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*sësnē
Genitive	*sës̯n̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sësnē	*sës̯n̯ēk
Accusative	*sës̯n̯ēm	*sës̯n̯ijtē
Partitive	*sësnētē
Genitive	*sës̯n̯ēn	*sës̯n̯ij
Essive	*sësnēnē	*sës̯n̯ijnē
Inessive	*sës̯n̯ēsnē
Elative	*sës̯n̯ēstē	*sës̯n̯ijstē
Illative	*sësnās̯ën	—
Comitative	*sës̯n̯ijnē *sës̯n̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*sës̯n̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: sesnie
  • Pite Sami: sassne
  • Lule Sami: sassne
  • Northern Sami: (dialectal) sasti

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