Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/nime

This Proto-Uralic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Within the disputed Indo-Uralic theory, it has been connected with the Indo-European noun *h₁nómn̥. According to V. Napolskikh, similar words meaning "name" can be found in other languages of northern Eurasia, i.e. Yukaghir and Chukchi.

Noun

*nime

name

Descendants

Samoyedic: *nim
- Nganasan: ним
- Enets:
  - Forest Enets: [Term?]
  - Tundra Enets: [Term?] (ńuʔ)
- Nenets:
  - Forest Nenets: ним (ńim)
  - Tundra Nenets: нюмʼ (ńum)
- Selkup: ним
- Kamassian: [script needed] (nim)
- Mator: (3rd person singular possessive) [script needed] (нуммеде)
Ugric:
- Hungarian: név
- Mansi:
  - Northern: нам (nam)
  - Southern: [script needed] (näm)
- Khanty: нем (nem)
Permic: *ńim
- Komi:
  - Komi-Permyak: ним (nim)
  - Komi-Zyrian: ним (nim)
- Udmurt: ним (nim)
Mari: *lü̆m
- Eastern Mari: лӱм (lüm)
- Western Mari: лӹм (lÿm)
Mordvinic: *ľem
- Erzya: лем (lem)
- Moksha: лем (lem)
Samic: *nëmë
Finnic: *nimi

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, with special reference to Samoyed, Ugric and Permic". In Sinor, Denis (ed.), The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, pp. 478–554. Leiden: Brill. →ISBN.

External links

Entry #597 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

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