Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/nākcë

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 earlier *nāktës, borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *nahts.[1]

Noun

*nākcë

  1. the dark of night

Inflection

Even
Nominative *nākcë
Genitive *nāk̯c̯ën
Singular Plural
Nominative *nākcë *nāk̯c̯ëk
Accusative *nāk̯c̯ëm *nāk̯c̯ëjtē
Partitive *nākcëtē
Genitive *nāk̯c̯ën *nāk̯c̯ëj
Essive *nākcënē *nāk̯c̯ëjnē
Inessive *nāk̯c̯ësnē
Elative *nāk̯c̯ëstē *nāk̯c̯ëjstē
Illative *nākcës̯ën
Comitative *nāk̯c̯ëjnē
*nāk̯c̯ëjnë
Abessive *nāk̯c̯ëptāk̯ëk

Descendants

  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: naaktse

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2019. How did Lapland become Saami? Reconstructing the interaction of Proto-Saami, Proto-Norse and Palaeo-Laplandic language communities in the Iron Age [1].