Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/soakē

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

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Noun

*soakē

1. birch

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*soakē
Genitive	*soak̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*soakē	*soak̯ēk
Accusative	*soak̯ēm	*soak̯ijtē
Partitive	*soakētē
Genitive	*soak̯ēn	*soak̯ij
Essive	*soakēnē	*soak̯ijnē
Inessive	*soak̯ēsnē
Elative	*soak̯ēstē	*soak̯ijstē
Illative	*soakās̯ën	—
Comitative	*soak̯ijnē *soak̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*soak̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: såekie
  • Ume Sami: så̄hkie
  • Pite Sami: så̄hke
  • Lule Sami: soahke
  • Northern Sami: soahki
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: suáhi
  • Skolt Sami: suẹʹǩǩ
  • Kildin Sami: суэгкь (suegk’)

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