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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ruovtē
Proto-Samic
Etymology
From pre-Samic *rawta, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz (“red”), possibly through Proto-Finnic *rauta.
Noun
*ruovtē
- iron
Inflection
Even | ||
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Nominative | *ruovtē | |
Genitive | *ruov̯t̯ēn | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *ruovtē | *ruov̯t̯ēk |
Accusative | *ruov̯t̯ēm | *ruov̯t̯ijtē |
Partitive | *ruovtētē | |
Genitive | *ruov̯t̯ēn | *ruov̯t̯ij |
Essive | *ruovtēnē | *ruov̯t̯ijnē |
Inessive | *ruov̯t̯ēsnē | |
Elative | *ruov̯t̯ēstē | *ruov̯t̯ijstē |
Illative | *ruovtās̯ën | — |
Comitative | *ruov̯t̯ijnē *ruov̯t̯ijnë | — |
Abessive | *ruov̯t̯ēptāk̯ëk | — |
Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Southern Sami: ruevtie
- Ume Sami: ruövddie
- Pite Sami: ruävvde
- Lule Sami: ruovdde
- Northern Sami: ruovdi
- Eastern Samic:
- Inari Sami: ryevˈdi
- Skolt Sami: ruʹvdd
- Kildin Sami: рӯввьт (rūvvʹt)
- Ter Sami: rïvvʹde
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