Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/skientō

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-Germanic *skenþą, later *skinþą. Doublet of *skintē.[1]

Noun

*skientō

  1. old and worn hide

Inflection

Even
Nominative *skientō
Genitive *skien̯t̯ōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *skientō *skien̯t̯ōk
Accusative *skien̯t̯ōm *skien̯t̯ōjtē
Partitive *skientōtē
Genitive *skien̯t̯ōn *skien̯t̯ōj
Essive *skientōnē *skien̯t̯ōjnē
Inessive *skien̯t̯ōsnē
Elative *skien̯t̯ōstē *skien̯t̯ōjstē
Illative *skientus̯ën
Comitative *skien̯t̯ōjnē
*skien̯t̯ujnë
Abessive *skien̯t̯ōptāk̯ëk

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Northern Sami: skieddu

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].