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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/adema

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

Etymology

A derivative of *ade- (to sleep) + *-ma. Sammallahti (1988) reconstructs a separate root *alma. Aikio (2020) reconstructs a form *adma. Both Sammallahti and Aikio exclude the Mordvinic descendants.

Noun

*adema

  1. sleep
  2. dream

Descendants

  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: álom
    • Proto-Mansi: *ūlmǝ
    • Khanty:
      • Northern Khanty: аләм (aləm, sleep), уләм (uləm, dream)
  • Proto-Permic: *on (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mari: *omə (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *udǝmǝ

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
  • Aikio, Ante (2020) Uralic Etymological Dictionary (draft version of entries A-Ć), page 6
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