Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/uccē

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

Could be a substrate word

Adjective

*uccē (attributive *uccēs)

1. small

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: uhtjie / uhtjies
  • Ume Sami: ühttjie / ühttjies
  • Pite Sami: uhttse / uhtses
  • Lule Sami: uhttse / uhtses or uhtsa
  • Northern Sami: uhcci / uhca
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: ucce / uces or uccâ
  • Skolt Sami: uʹcc / uuʹcces
  • Akkala Sami: уцць (ucc’) / [Term?]
  • Kildin Sami: удць (udc’) / [Term?]

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
• P. M. Zajkov (1987) G. M. Kert, editor, Бабинский диалект саамского языка (фонолого-морфологическое исследование) [Babin dialect of the Sami language], Petrozavodsk: Карельский филиал АН СССР; Институт языка, литературы и истории, page 31