Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/vietkë

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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

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Etymology

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

Noun

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*vietkë

  1. concave axe

Inflection

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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

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

Further reading

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  • 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