Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/niestē

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?], from Proto-Germanic *nestą.

Noun

*niestē[1]

  1. journey provisions

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

  1. ^ 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