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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/rusnë

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

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *fruzan (whence Old High German fror (“frost”)).[1]

Noun

*rusnë

  1. mist in freezing weather

Inflection
Even
Nominative *rusnë
Genitive *rus̯n̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *rusnë *rus̯n̯ëk
Accusative *rus̯n̯ëm *rus̯n̯ëjtē
Partitive *rusnëtē
Genitive *rus̯n̯ën *rus̯n̯ëj
Essive *rusnënē *rus̯n̯ëjnē
Inessive *rus̯n̯ësnē
Elative *rus̯n̯ëstē *rus̯n̯ëjstē
Illative *rusnës̯ën —
Comitative *rus̯n̯ëjnē
*rus̯n̯ëjnë		 —
Abessive *rus̯n̯ëptāk̯ëk —

Descendants
  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: rasne
    • Pite Sami: russna
    • Lule Sami: russna
    • Northern Sami: rusta
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: rustâ
    • Skolt Sami: rustt

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

References
  1. Aikio, Ante. 2009. The Saami loanwords in Finnish and Karelian. PhD thesis. University of Oulu.
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