Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/vësmē

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

Noun

*vësmē

1. fresh snow

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*vësmē
Genitive	*vës̯m̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*vësmē	*vës̯m̯ēk
Accusative	*vës̯m̯ēm	*vës̯m̯ijtē
Partitive	*vësmētē
Genitive	*vës̯m̯ēn	*vës̯m̯ij
Essive	*vësmēnē	*vës̯m̯ijnē
Inessive	*vës̯m̯ēsnē
Elative	*vës̯m̯ēstē	*vës̯m̯ijstē
Illative	*vësmās̯ën	—
Comitative	*vës̯m̯ijnē *vës̯m̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*vës̯m̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Lule Sami: vassme
  • Northern Sami: vasmi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: vasme
  • Skolt Sami:

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