Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/siejtē

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 edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Norse seiðr, from Proto-Germanic *saidaz.

Noun edit

*siejtē

  1. altar stone, sieidi

Inflection edit

Even
Nominative *siejtē
Genitive *siej̯t̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *siejtē *siej̯t̯ēk
Accusative *siej̯t̯ēm *siej̯t̯ijtē
Partitive *siejtētē
Genitive *siej̯t̯ēn *siej̯t̯ij
Essive *siejtēnē *siej̯t̯ijnē
Inessive *siej̯t̯ēsnē
Elative *siej̯t̯ēstē *siej̯t̯ijstē
Illative *siejtās̯ën
Comitative *siej̯t̯ijnē
*siej̯t̯ijnë
Abessive *siej̯t̯ēptāk̯ëk

Descendants edit

  • Western Samic:
    • Pite Sami: säjjde
    • Lule Sami: siejdde
    • Northern Sami: sieidi
  • Eastern Samic:
  • Finnish: seita

Further reading edit

  • 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