Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/čācē

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

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *śäčä. Possibly displaced *wete.

Noun

*čācē

1. water

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*čācē
Genitive	*čāc̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*čācē	*čāc̯ēk
Accusative	*čāc̯ēm	*čāc̯ijtē
Partitive	*čācētē
Genitive	*čāc̯ēn	*čāc̯ij
Essive	*čācēnē	*čāc̯ijnē
Inessive	*čāc̯ēsnē
Elative	*čāc̯ēstē	*čāc̯ijstē
Illative	*čācās̯ën	—
Comitative	*čāc̯ijnē *čāc̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*čāc̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: tjaetsie
  • Ume Sami: tjáhtsie
  • Pite Sami: tjáhtse
  • Lule Sami: tjáhtje
  • Northern Sami: čáhci
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: čääci
  • Skolt Sami: čääʹcc
  • Akkala Sami: чаһць (čahc’)
  • Kildin Sami: ча̄дзь (čādz’)
  • Ter Sami: čacce

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