Reconstruction:Proto-Samic/tālvē

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 Proto-Finno-Ugric *tälwä.

Noun

*tālvē

1. winter

Inflection

Even
Nominative	*tālvē
Genitive	*tāl̯v̯ēn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tālvē	*tāl̯v̯ēk
Accusative	*tāl̯v̯ēm	*tāl̯v̯ijtē
Partitive	*tālvētē
Genitive	*tāl̯v̯ēn	*tāl̯v̯ij
Essive	*tālvēnē	*tāl̯v̯ijnē
Inessive	*tāl̯v̯ēsnē
Elative	*tāl̯v̯ēstē	*tāl̯v̯ijstē
Illative	*tālvās̯ën	—
Comitative	*tāl̯v̯ijnē *tāl̯v̯ijnë	—
Abessive	*tāl̯v̯ēptāk̯ëk	—

Descendants

• Western Samic:
  • Southern Sami: daelvie
  • Ume Sami: dálvvie
  • Pite Sami: dállve
  • Lule Sami: dálvve
  • Northern Sami: dálvi
• Eastern Samic:
  • Inari Sami: tälvi
  • Skolt Sami: täʹlvv
  • Akkala Sami: талльв (tall’v)
  • Kildin Sami: та̄лльв (tāll’v)
  • Ter Sami: та̄лльвэ (tâ̄llʼve)

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