Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/coŋkëtēk

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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

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Etymology

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Akin to Proto-Finnic *tunkëdak (to cram). Koivulehto (2009) proposes that both may be loans from Proto-Germanic *þwinganą (to force), with a sound-symbolic shift *t- > *c- in Samic.

Verb

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*coŋkëtēk

  1. to cram, to stuff

Descendants

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  • Western Samic:
    • Ume Sami: tsågˈgat
    • Pite Sami: tsågˈgåt
    • Lule Sami: tsåggåt
    • Northern Sami: coggat
  • Eastern Samic:

Further reading

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