Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/lusmē

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

Unknown. According to Aikio (2004), probably borrowed from a substrate language.[1]

Noun

*lusmē

  1. point where river starts flowing from a lake

Inflection

Even
Nominative *lusmē
Genitive *lus̯m̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *lusmē *lus̯m̯ēk
Accusative *lus̯m̯ēm *lus̯m̯ijtē
Partitive *lusmētē
Genitive *lus̯m̯ēn *lus̯m̯ij
Essive *lusmēnē *lus̯m̯ijnē
Inessive *lus̯m̯ēsnē
Elative *lus̯m̯ēstē *lus̯m̯ijstē
Illative *lusmās̯ën —
Comitative *lus̯m̯ijnē
*lus̯m̯ijnë 		—
Abessive *lus̯m̯ēptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: luspie
    • Ume Sami:
    • Pite Sami: lusspe
    • Lule Sami: lusspe
    • Northern Sami: lusmi, luspi
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: lusme
    • Skolt Sami: luʹsmm
  • → Finnish: (dialectal) luusua

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2004. "An essay on substrate studies and the origin of Saami". Mémoires de la Société néophilologique de Helsinki 63: 5–34.

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
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