Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/sijtë

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 related to Proto-Finnic *hiici (“burial ground”), compare Finnish hiisi and Estonian hiis, which is perhaps inherited from Proto-Uralic *šijte ~ *šijta or borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hīdiz (“den, thicket”) or Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ (“side”). However, according to Aikio, of obscure etymology and likely a substrate loan into Proto-Samic.

Noun

*sijtë

1. village, winter village

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*sijtë
Genitive	*sij̯t̯ën
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*sijtë	*sij̯t̯ëk
Accusative	*sij̯t̯ëm	*sij̯t̯ëjtē
Partitive	*sijtëtē
Genitive	*sij̯t̯ën	*sij̯t̯ëj
Essive	*sijtënē	*sij̯t̯ëjnē
Inessive	*sij̯t̯ësnē
Elative	*sij̯t̯ëstē	*sij̯t̯ëjstē
Illative	*sijtës̯ën	—
Comitative	*sij̯t̯ëjnē *sij̯t̯ëjnë	—
Abessive	*sij̯t̯ëptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: sïjte
  • Ume Sami: sïjdda
  • Pite Sami: sijjda
  • Lule Sami: sijdda
  • Northern Sami: siida
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: sida m
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: sida m
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: sijdâ
  • Skolt Sami: sijdd
  • Kildin Sami: сыййт (syjjt)
  • Ter Sami: sijjd

References

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland