Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/sormē

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-Finnic *surma.

Noun

*sormē

1. death

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*sormē
Genitive	*sor̯m̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sormē	*sor̯m̯ēk
Accusative	*sor̯m̯ēm	*sor̯m̯ijtē
Partitive	*sormētē
Genitive	*sor̯m̯ēn	*sor̯m̯ij
Essive	*sormēnē	*sor̯m̯ijnē
Inessive	*sor̯m̯ēsnē
Elative	*sor̯m̯ēstē	*sor̯m̯ijstē
Illative	*sormās̯ën	—
Comitative	*sor̯m̯ijnē *sor̯m̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*sor̯m̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Lule Sami: sårmme
  • Northern Sami: sorbmi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: sorme
  • Skolt Sami: såʹrmm
  • Akkala Sami: [script needed] (soᵢrm)
  • Kildin Sami: соаррьм (sårr’m)
  • Ter Sami: sorrʹme

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