Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/riδō

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

According to Aikio (2009), a conflation of two originally distinct Norse borrowings; Proto-Norse [script needed] (*hrīþō), from Proto-Germanic *hrīþō (“storm”) and Proto-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *skridą (whence Norwegian Nynorsk skred (“avalanche, landslide”)).[1]

Noun

*riδō

  1. storm
  2. avalanche, landslide

Inflection

Even
Nominative *riδō
Genitive *riδ̯ōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *riδō *riδ̯ōk
Accusative *riδ̯ōm *riδ̯ōjtē
Partitive *riδōtē
Genitive *riδ̯ōn *riδ̯ōj
Essive *riδōnē *riδ̯ōjnē
Inessive *riδ̯ōsnē
Elative *riδ̯ōstē *riδ̯ōjstē
Illative *riδus̯ën —
Comitative *riδ̯ōjnē
*riδ̯ujnë 		—
Abessive *riδ̯ōptāk̯ëk —

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Pite Sami: riddo
    • Lule Sami: rido
    • Northern Sami: riđđu, rihtu
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: riđo

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
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