Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/jërŋë

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

Noun

*jërŋë

1. open water

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*jërŋë
Genitive	*jër̯ŋ̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*jërŋë	*jër̯ŋ̯ëk
Accusative	*jër̯ŋ̯ëm	*jër̯ŋ̯ëjtē
Partitive	*jërŋëtē
Genitive	*jër̯ŋ̯ën	*jër̯ŋ̯ëj
Essive	*jërŋënē	*jër̯ŋ̯ëjnē
Inessive	*jër̯ŋ̯ësnē
Elative	*jër̯ŋ̯ëstē	*jër̯ŋ̯ëjstē
Illative	*jërŋës̯ën	—
Comitative	*jër̯ŋ̯ëjnē *jër̯ŋ̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*jër̯ŋ̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: jarnge
  • Ume Sami: jargŋa
  • Lule Sami: jarŋŋa
  • Northern Sami: jargŋa
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: jorŋâ
  • Skolt Sami:
  • Kildin Sami: [script needed] (jɛ̮r̄ŋ)

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