Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/tāvtë
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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 North Germanic (compare Old Norse dauði), from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz (“death”).
Noun edit
*tāvtë
Inflection edit
| Even | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *tāvtë | |
| Genitive | *tāv̯t̯ën | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *tāvtë | *tāv̯t̯ëk |
| Accusative | *tāv̯t̯ëm | *tāv̯t̯ëjtē |
| Partitive | *tāvtëtē | |
| Genitive | *tāv̯t̯ën | *tāv̯t̯ëj |
| Essive | *tāvtënē | *tāv̯t̯ëjnē |
| Inessive | *tāv̯t̯ësnē | |
| Elative | *tāv̯t̯ëstē | *tāv̯t̯ëjstē |
| Illative | *tāvtës̯ën | — |
| Comitative | *tāv̯t̯ëjnē *tāv̯t̯ëjnë |
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| Abessive | *tāv̯t̯ëptāk̯ëk | — |
Descendants edit
- Western Samic:
- Eastern Samic:
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