< Reconstruction:Proto-Samic
Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/muonëtēk
Proto-Samic
Etymology
From earlier *mane-, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *mananą or *manōną. The appearence of *oa in Lule and Northern Sami is irregular.
Verb
*muonëtēk
- (Western Samic) to guess
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Southern Sami: moenedh
- Ume Sami: muannat, månnat
- Pite Sami: muonnat
- Lule Sami: må̄nnat
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
- Aikio, Ante. 2006. "On Germanic-Saami contacts and Saami prehistory". In Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 91, pp. 9–55.