Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/tearmē

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

Cognate with Proto-Finnic *termä, further origin unknown.

Noun

*tearmē

1. bank

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*tearmē
Genitive	*tear̯m̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tearmē	*tear̯m̯ēk
Accusative	*tear̯m̯ēm	*tear̯m̯ijtē
Partitive	*tearmētē
Genitive	*tear̯m̯ēn	*tear̯m̯ij
Essive	*tearmēnē	*tear̯m̯ijnē
Inessive	*tear̯m̯ēsnē
Elative	*tear̯m̯ēstē	*tear̯m̯ijstē
Illative	*tearmās̯ën	—
Comitative	*tear̯m̯ijnē *tear̯m̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*tear̯m̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: diermie
  • Pite Sami: därbme
  • Lule Sami: diermme
  • Northern Sami: dearbmi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: termi
  • Skolt Sami: teäʹrmm
  • Kildin Sami: те̄ррьм (tierr’m)
  • Ter Sami: tierrʹme

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