Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/sonë

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 Proto-Uralic *sän. Related to Proto-Finnic *hän.

Pronoun

*sonë (plural *sij)

1. he, she, it

Inflection

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: satne
  • Ume Sami: sådna
  • Pite Sami: sån, sånnå
  • Lule Sami: sån, sådnå
  • Northern Sami: son
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: sun
  • Skolt Sami: son
  • Akkala Sami: сонн (sonn)
  • Kildin Sami: со̄нн (sōnn)
  • Ter Sami: сонн, sonn

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
• S. N. Tereshkin (2002) Йоканьгский диалект саамского языка [Ter dialect of the Sámi language], Российский государственный педагогический Университет имени А.И. Герцена, page 110