Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/čieŋël

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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/čieŋël

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

Etymology

Perhaps a substrate [1]

Adjective

*čieŋël (attributive *čieŋëlēs)

1. deep

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: gïengele / gïengeles (< *kieŋël)
  • Ume Sami: giägˈŋale / [Term?] (< *kieŋël)
  • Pite Sami: tjiegŋal / tjiegŋalis
  • Lule Sami: tjiegŋal / tjiegŋalis
  • Northern Sami: čieŋal / čiekŋalis
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: jieŋŋâl / jieŋâlis
  • Skolt Sami: čiŋŋâl / čiŋŋlõs
  • Kildin Sami: чӣӈӈэль (čīŋŋel’) / Kildin Sami: чӣӈӈлэсс (čīŋŋless)
  • Ter Sami: čiŋŋâl / [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
• Lehtiranta, Juhani. 1989–2001. Yhteissaamelainen sanasto ('Common Sami Vocabulary'). Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 200. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.

References

1. Керт Г. М. (G. M. Kert), 2003. Этногенез саамов"