Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/āŋō

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 [script needed] (*hanhuʀ) (whence Old Norse hár (rowlock, thole), Norwegian Nynorsk (rowlock, thole)), from Proto-Germanic *hanhuz.[1]

Noun

*āŋō

  1. rowlock

Inflection

Even
Nominative *āŋō
Genitive *āŋ̯ōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *āŋō *āŋ̯ōk
Accusative *āŋ̯ōm *āŋ̯ōjtē
Partitive *āŋōtē
Genitive *āŋ̯ōn *āŋ̯ōj
Essive *āŋōnē *āŋ̯ōjnē
Inessive *āŋ̯ōsnē
Elative *āŋ̯ōstē *āŋ̯ōjstē
Illative *āŋus̯ën
Comitative *āŋ̯ōjnē
*āŋ̯ujnë
Abessive *āŋ̯ōptāk̯ëk

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Pite Sami: ággŋo
    • Lule Sami: hággŋo
    • Northern Sami: ákŋu
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: ááŋu
    • Skolt Sami: ääŋŋ
    • Kildin Sami: а̄ввьн (āvv’n)
    • Ter Sami: аввӈа (avvŋa)

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2019. How did Lapland become Saami? Reconstructing the interaction of Proto-Saami, Proto-Norse and Palaeo-Laplandic language communities in the Iron Age [1].

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland