Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kōltō

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

*kōltō

1. snowstorm, blizzard, snowsquall

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Pite Sami: gåaltoe
  • Ume Sami: -gualldoo
  • Lule Sami: guolldo
  • Northern Sami: guoldu (“cloud of snow which blows up from the ground when there's hard frost without much wind”)
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: kuálˈdu (“frostbite”)
  • Skolt Sami: kuâldd (“(heavy) snow blowing or falling in the wind”)
  • Kildin Sami: куэллт (kuellt, “light snow; snowstorm”)
  • Ter Sami: [script needed] (ki̮ə̑л̄ᵈta)

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