< Reconstruction:Proto-Samic
Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/vuovtē
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Proto-Samic
Etymology
According to Sammallahti (apud Aikio 2006), from Pre-Samic *awta, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *auþijaz.
An alternate etymology has been suggested as well: connection to Hungarian vad (“wild”), Khanty *woont "forest" (e.g. Eastern Khanty вонт (wont)). UEW proposes a common Proto-Finno-Ugric root *wamta. However, the development *mt > *vt would be irregular in Samic: contrast e.g. *vuomtētēk.
Noun
*vuovtē
- forest
Inflection
| Even | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *vuovtē | |
| Genitive | *vuov̯t̯ēn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *vuovtē | *vuov̯t̯ēk |
| Accusative | *vuov̯t̯ēm | *vuov̯t̯ijtē |
| Partitive | *vuovtētē | |
| Genitive | *vuov̯t̯ēn | *vuov̯t̯ij |
| Essive | *vuovtēnē | *vuov̯t̯ijnē |
| Inessive | *vuov̯t̯ēsnē | |
| Elative | *vuov̯t̯ēstē | *vuov̯t̯ijstē |
| Illative | *vuovtās̯ën | — |
| Comitative | *vuov̯t̯ijnē *vuov̯t̯ijnë | — |
| Abessive | *vuov̯t̯ēptāk̯ëk | — |
Descendants
- Western Samic:
- Ume Sami: vuövddie
- Pite Sami: vuävvde
- Lule Sami: vuovdde
- Northern Sami: vuovdi
- Eastern Samic:
- Inari Sami: vyevˈdi
- → Finnish: (Northern dialects) outa
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.
- Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó