Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/coŋkëtēk

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

Akin to Proto-Finnic *tunkëdak (“to cram”). Koivulehto (2009) proposes that both may be loans from Proto-Germanic *þwinganą (“to force”), with a sound-symbolic shift *t- > *c- in Samic.

Verb

*coŋkëtēk

1. to cram, to stuff

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Ume Sami: tsågˈgat
  • Pite Sami: tsågˈgåt
  • Lule Sami: tsåggåt
  • Northern Sami: coggat
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: cuggâđ
  • Skolt Sami: coggâd
  • Kildin Sami:
  • Ter Sami: coŋŋgâd

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
• Koivulehto, Jorma. 2009. "Etymologisesti hämäriä -(is)tA-johdosverbejä, lainoja ja omapohjaisia". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 92, pp. 79–102.