Proto-Samic
Facts
- Language: Proto-Samic
- Alternate names: kantasaame
- Language code: xsam
- Language family: Uralic, Sami (SIL classification)
- Number of speakers: Extinct
- Script:
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Introduction
The Proto-Sami language is believed to have formed in the vicinity of the Gulf of Finland between 1000 B.C. to 700 A.D. Its closest geographic language neighbour was the Late Proto-Finnic language spoken by the Finnic tribes.
Proto-Sami derived from a common Proto-Sami-Finnic language.
The Verb
Sample verbs
All the Proto-Sami verbs that are shown on this page are reconstrcuted forms.
| Proto-Sami | Finnish | English |
| *e̮cē | tulvia | to flood |
| *e̮nē | käyttää/pitää | to use, to wear |
| *e̮ntē | antaa | to give |
| *e̮psē | haistaa | to smell |
| *e̮ste̮ | ehtiä | to have time to |
| *e̮vē | vuotaa | to bleed |
| *ājcce̮ | aistia/tuntea | to feel |
| *ājē | viivytellä | to delay |
| *āktē | nylkeä | to skin |
| *ālkē | alkaa | to begin |
| *āmpō | kiehua yli | to boil over |
- * = reconstructed (hypothetical) form