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Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/səjmä

This Proto-Samoyedic 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-Samoyedic

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *śilmä.

Noun

*səjmä

  1. eye

Descendants
  • Nganasan: сеймы
  • Enets:
    • Tundra Enets: сэй (sei)
  • Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: сэв (sew°)
    • Forest Nenets: хӭм (haɛm)
  • Proto-Selkup: *saji
    • Northern Selkup: сайи (saji)
    • Southern Selkup:
      • Narym Selkup: хай
      • Chulym Selkup: сэй
  • Kamassian: сима (sima)
  • Koibal: сима (sima)
  • Mator: симе

References
  • Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.
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