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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/ruovtē

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

From pre-Samic *rawta, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz (“red”), possibly through Proto-Finnic *rauta.

Noun

*ruovtē

  1. iron

Inflection
Even
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 (rūvv’t)
    • 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
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