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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/tāmčëtēk

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

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?] (whence Old Norse dengja (“to hammer, to whet”)), from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną.[1]

Verb

*tāmčëtēk

  1. to whet

Descendants
  • Western Samic:
    • Ume Sami: dábttjat
    • Pite Sami: dábbtjat
    • Lule Sami: dábttjat
    • Northern Sami: dávžat
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: tabžâđ

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 (2012) An Essay on Saami Ethnolinguistic Prehistory. A Linguistic Map of Prehistoric Northern Europe. Ed. by Grünthal, Riho; Kallio, Petri. Mémoires de la Société Finno-Ougrienne. Suomalais-ugrilainen seura. 63-117.
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