Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/murkkō

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

Borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?] (whence Icelandic myrkvi).[1]

Noun

*murkkō

  1. fog

Inflection

Even
Nominative *murkkō
Genitive *mur̯k̯k̯ōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *murkkō *mur̯k̯k̯ōk
Accusative *mur̯k̯k̯ōm *mur̯k̯k̯ōjtē
Partitive *murkkōtē
Genitive *mur̯k̯k̯ōn *mur̯k̯k̯ōj
Essive *murkkōnē *mur̯k̯k̯ōjnē
Inessive *mur̯k̯k̯ōsnē
Elative *mur̯k̯k̯ōstē *mur̯k̯k̯ōjstē
Illative *murkkus̯ën
Comitative *mur̯k̯k̯ōjnē
*mur̯k̯k̯ujnë
Abessive *mur̯k̯k̯ōptāk̯ëk

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Ume Sami: murkkuo
    • Pite Sami: murrko
    • Lule Sami: murkko
    • Northern Sami: murku

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2009. The Saami loanwords in Finnish and Karelian. PhD thesis. University of Oulu.

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland