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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/sijtë

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

Perhaps related to Proto-Finnic *hiici (“burial ground”), compare Finnish hiisi and Estonian hiis, which is perhaps inherited from Proto-Uralic *šijte ~ *šijta or borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hīdiz (“den, thicket”) or Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ (“side”). However, according to Aikio, of obscure etymology and likely a substrate loan into Proto-Samic.[1]

Noun

*sijtë

  1. village, winter village[1]

Inflection
Even
Nominative *sijtë
Genitive *sij̯t̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *sijtë *sij̯t̯ëk
Accusative *sij̯t̯ëm *sij̯t̯ëjtē
Partitive *sijtëtē
Genitive *sij̯t̯ën *sij̯t̯ëj
Essive *sijtënē *sij̯t̯ëjnē
Inessive *sij̯t̯ësnē
Elative *sij̯t̯ëstē *sij̯t̯ëjstē
Illative *sijtës̯ën —
Comitative *sij̯t̯ëjnē
*sij̯t̯ëjnë		 —
Abessive *sij̯t̯ëptāk̯ëk —

Descendants
  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: sïjte
    • Ume Sami: sïjdda
    • Pite Sami: sijjda
    • Lule Sami: sijdda
    • Northern Sami: siida
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: sida m
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: sida m
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: sijdâ
    • Skolt Sami: sijdd
    • Kildin Sami: сыййт (syjjt)
    • Ter Sami: sijjd

References
  1. Aikio, Ante (2012) “An essay on Saami ethnolinguistic prehistory”, in Mémoires de la Société Finno-Ougrienne‎, volume 266, Finno-Ugric Society, page 91

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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