Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/vietkë

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 a Baltic language (compare Latvian ve̜dga, Lithuanian vedegà).

Noun

*vietkë

1. concave axe

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*vietkë
Genitive	*viet̯k̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*vietkë	*viet̯k̯ëk
Accusative	*viet̯k̯ëm	*viet̯k̯ëjtē
Partitive	*vietkëtē
Genitive	*viet̯k̯ën	*viet̯k̯ëj
Essive	*vietkënē	*viet̯k̯ëjnē
Inessive	*viet̯k̯ësnē
Elative	*viet̯k̯ëstē	*viet̯k̯ëjstē
Illative	*vietkës̯ën	—
Comitative	*viet̯k̯ëjnē *viet̯k̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*viet̯k̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: vïerhke
  • Ume Sami: veäŧkka
  • Pite Sami: vättka, värrka
  • Lule Sami: vierkka
  • Northern Sami: vietka
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: vietˈkâ
  • Skolt Sami: viõtkk
• → Finnish: vietka (dialectal)

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