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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/emä

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

*emä

  1. mother
  2. woman

Descendants
  • Proto-Samoyedic: *ämä
    • Nenets
    • Nganasan: [script needed] (ńame)
    • Selkup:
      • Northern Selkup: [script needed] (ämä)
      • Southern Selkup:
  • Ugric:
  • Proto-Samic: *eamē (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *emä (see there for further descendants)

References
  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2013). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Helsinki: Sanoma Pro OY. →ISBN.

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • Entry #134 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
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