Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/kāltëjō

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-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *kaldijǭ.

Noun

*kāltëjō

1. spring (place where water emerges from the ground)

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*kāltëjō
Genitive	*kāltëj̯ōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kāltëjō	*kāltëj̯ōk
Accusative	*kāltëj̯ōm	*kāltëj̯ōjtē
Partitive	*kāltëjōtē
Genitive	*kāltëj̯ōn	*kāltëj̯ōj
Essive	*kāltëjōnē	*kāltëj̯ōjnē
Inessive	*kāltëj̯ōsnē
Elative	*kāltëj̯ōstē	*kāltëj̯ōjstē
Illative	*kāltëjus̯ën	—
Comitative	*kāltëj̯ōjnē *kāltëj̯ujnë	—
Abessive	*kāltëj̯ōptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: gaaltije
  • Lule Sami: gálldo
  • Northern Sami: gáldu
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: käldee
  • Skolt Sami: kaʹlddi
  • Kildin Sami: [script needed] (kɑ´l̄dej)
  • Ter Sami: [script needed] (kal̜̄d̜e)
• → Finnish: (dialectal) kaltio