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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/sealkē

Proto-Samic

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Finnic *selkä. Doublet of *čielkē.

Noun

*sealkē

  1. back (body part)

Inflection
Even
Nominative *sealkē
Genitive *seal̯k̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *sealkē *seal̯k̯ēk
Accusative *seal̯k̯ēm *seal̯k̯ijtē
Partitive *sealkētē
Genitive *seal̯k̯ēn *seal̯k̯ij
Essive *sealkēnē *seal̯k̯ijnē
Inessive *seal̯k̯ēsnē
Elative *seal̯k̯ēstē *seal̯k̯ijstē
Illative *sealkās̯ën —
Comitative *seal̯k̯ijnē
*seal̯k̯ijnë		 —
Abessive *seal̯k̯ēptāk̯ëk —

Descendants
  • Western Samic:
    • Northern Sami: sealgi
    • Lule Sami: sielgge
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: selgi
    • Skolt Sami: seä´lǧǧ
    • Akkala Sami: сиэлльк (siell’k), sjelj
    • Kildin Sami: се̄лльк (s’ēll’k)
    • Ter Sami: [Term?] (siel̜̄ᵍk͕ᴱ)

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
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