Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/peasē

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-Uralic *pesä.

Noun

*peasē

1. nest

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*peasē
Genitive	*peas̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*peasē	*peas̯ēk
Accusative	*peas̯ēm	*peas̯ijtē
Partitive	*peasētē
Genitive	*peas̯ēn	*peas̯ij
Essive	*peasēnē	*peas̯ijnē
Inessive	*peas̯ēsnē
Elative	*peas̯ēstē	*peas̯ijstē
Illative	*peasās̯ën	—
Comitative	*peas̯ijnē *peas̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*peas̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: biesie
  • Ume Sami: biessie
  • Pite Sami: biesse
  • Lule Sami: biesse
  • Northern Sami: beassi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: peesi
  • Skolt Sami: piẹ´ss
  • Kildin Sami: пе̄ссь (piess’)

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