Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/śilmä

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Noun

*śilmä

eye

Descendants

Proto-Samoyedic: *səjmä (see there for further descendants)
Ugric:
- Hungarian: szem
- Proto-Mansi: *šäm
  - Eastern Mansi: [script needed] (šäm)
  - Northern Mansi: сам (sam)
  - Southern Mansi: [script needed] (šäm)
  - Western Mansi: [script needed] (šäm)
- Proto-Khanty: *säm (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Permic: *śin (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Mari: *šĭńća (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Mordvinic: *śeľmə (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Samic: *čëlmē (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Finnic: *silmä (see there for further descendants)

References

Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
Sammallahti, Pekka (1988) “Historical Phonology of the Uralic Languages”, in Denis, Sinor, editor, The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 478-554

External links

Entry #964 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.