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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/lešmä

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

Possibly borrowed from a substrate language[1][2] (the Pre-West Uralic agricultural substrate).

Noun

*lešmä (Finno-Mordvinic)

  1. large domesticated animal ?

Descendants
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *lišmə (“horse”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *lehmä (“cow”) (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. М.А. Живлов. Неиндоевропейский субстрат в финно-волжских языках. X Чтения памяти С.А. Старостина ~ 27 марта 2015
  2. Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “lehmä”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-02
  • Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.
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