Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/niestē
Proto-Samic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *nestą.
Noun
*niestē[1]
Inflection
| Even | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *niestē | |
| Genitive | *nies̯t̯ēn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *niestē | *nies̯t̯ēk |
| Accusative | *nies̯t̯ēm | *nies̯t̯ijtē |
| Partitive | *niestētē | |
| Genitive | *nies̯t̯ēn | *nies̯t̯ij |
| Essive | *niestēnē | *nies̯t̯ijnē |
| Inessive | *nies̯t̯ēsnē | |
| Elative | *nies̯t̯ēstē | *nies̯t̯ijstē |
| Illative | *niestās̯ën | — |
| Comitative | *nies̯t̯ijnē *nies̯t̯ijnë |
— |
| Abessive | *nies̯t̯ēptāk̯ëk | — |
Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Southern Sami: niestie
- Ume Sami: neässtie
- Pite Sami: nässte
- Lule Sami: niesste
- Northern Sami: niesti
- Eastern Samic:
- Inari Sami: niesti
References
- ^ Aikio, Ante. 2009. The Saami loanwords in Finnish and Karelian. PhD thesis. University of Oulu.
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