Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/tāmčëtēk

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?] (whence Old Norse dengja (to hammer, to whet)), from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną.[1]

Verb[edit]

*tāmčëtēk

  1. to whet

Descendants[edit]

  • Western Samic:
    • Ume Sami: dábttjat
    • Pite Sami: dábbtjat
    • Lule Sami: dábttjat
    • Northern Sami: dávžat
  • Eastern Samic:

Further reading[edit]

  • 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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante (2012) An Essay on Saami Ethnolinguistic Prehistory. A Linguistic Map of Prehistoric Northern Europe. Ed. by Grünthal, Riho; Kallio, Petri. Mémoires de la Société Finno-Ougrienne. Suomalais-ugrilainen seura. 63-117.