Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ārkë

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 Finnish arki, from Proto-Finnic *arki, possibly from Proto-Germanic *argį̄ (“wickedness”).

Noun

*ārkë

1. weekday

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*ārkë
Genitive	*ār̯k̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ārkë	*ār̯k̯ëk
Accusative	*ār̯k̯ëm	*ār̯k̯ëjtē
Partitive	*ārkëtē
Genitive	*ār̯k̯ën	*ār̯k̯ëj
Essive	*ārkënē	*ār̯k̯ëjnē
Inessive	*ār̯k̯ësnē
Elative	*ār̯k̯ëstē	*ār̯k̯ëjstē
Illative	*ārkës̯ën	—
Comitative	*ār̯k̯ëjnē *ār̯k̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*ār̯k̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: aarke
  • Ume Sami: árgga
  • Pite Sami: árrga
  • Lule Sami: árgga
  • Northern Sami: árga
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: argâ
  • Skolt Sami: argg
  • Kildin Sami: а̄ррк (ārrk)
  • Ter Sami: [Term?] (ar̄g, ār̄ᵍk)

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