Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/sësnē

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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

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Etymology

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From earlier *šišna, cognate with Proto-Finnic *hihna, both possibly borrowed from a substrate language.[1]

Noun

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*sësnē

  1. tanned leather

Inflection

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Even
Nominative *sësnē
Genitive *sës̯n̯ēn
Singular Plural
Nominative *sësnē *sës̯n̯ēk
Accusative *sës̯n̯ēm *sës̯n̯ijtē
Partitive *sësnētē
Genitive *sës̯n̯ēn *sës̯n̯ij
Essive *sësnēnē *sës̯n̯ijnē
Inessive *sës̯n̯ēsnē
Elative *sës̯n̯ēstē *sës̯n̯ijstē
Illative *sësnās̯ën
Comitative *sës̯n̯ijnē
*sës̯n̯ijnë
Abessive *sës̯n̯ēptāk̯ëk

Descendants

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  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: sesnie
    • Pite Sami: sassne
    • Lule Sami: sassne
    • Northern Sami: (dialectal) sasti

References

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  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2009. The Saami loanwords in Finnish and Karelian. PhD thesis. University of Oulu.

Further reading

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  • 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