< Reconstruction:Proto-Samic
Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ručkëtē
Proto-Samic
Etymology
From *ručkë + *-ëtē.
Adjective
*ručkëtē
- brown
Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Southern Sami: rutjkehke / rutjkes
- Ume Sami: russjkade / [Term?]
- Lule Sami: russjkat / russjkis
- Northern Sami: ruškat / ruškes
- Eastern Samic:
- Inari Sami: ruškâd / ruškis
- Skolt Sami: ručkkâd / ruʹčǩǩes
- Kildin Sami: [Term?] / [Term?]
- Ter Sami: ruččkâd / [Term?]
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