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Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/mietë

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

A loanword from Proto-Finnic *meci (stem *mete-). For a direct cognate, **mëtë would be predicted.

Noun

*mietë

  1. honey

Inflection
Even
Nominative *mietë
Genitive *miet̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *mietë *miet̯ëk
Accusative *miet̯ëm *miet̯ëjtē
Partitive *mietëtē
Genitive *miet̯ën *miet̯ëj
Essive *mietënē *miet̯ëjnē
Inessive *miet̯ësnē
Elative *miet̯ëstē *miet̯ëjstē
Illative *mietës̯ën —
Comitative *miet̯ëjnē
*miet̯ëjnë		 —
Abessive *miet̯ëptāk̯ëk —

Descendants
  • Western Samic:
    • Pite Sami: mierra, miedda
    • Lule Sami: mieda
    • Northern Sami: miehta
  • Eastern Samic:

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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