Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/mājnē

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 Proto-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *mainą.

Noun

*mājnē

1. injury

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*mājnē
Genitive	*māj̯n̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mājnē	*māj̯n̯ēk
Accusative	*māj̯n̯ēm	*māj̯n̯ijtē
Partitive	*mājnētē
Genitive	*māj̯n̯ēn	*māj̯n̯ij
Essive	*mājnēnē	*māj̯n̯ijnē
Inessive	*māj̯n̯ēsnē
Elative	*māj̯n̯ēstē	*māj̯n̯ijstē
Illative	*mājnās̯ën	—
Comitative	*māj̯n̯ijnē *māj̯n̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*māj̯n̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: maejnie
  • Lule Sami: májnne
  • Northern Sami: máidni
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: mäjni
  • Skolt Sami: mäiʹnn
  • Kildin Sami: [script needed] (mā´j̄n)

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