Reconstruction:Proto-Mansi/āl-

Proto-Mansi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Uralic *wole-.

Verb

*āl-

1. to be
2. to live

Descendants

• Northern Mansi: о̄луӈкве (ōluňkve) (Sosva, Sygva), о̄луӈкв (ōluňkv) (Upper Lozva), о̄лыӈке (ōlyňke) (Ob)
• Eastern Mansi: олх (olh), о̄˘лх (ō˘lh)
• Southern Mansi: [script needed] (å̄lo̰ŋ) (Tavda)
• Western Mansi: [script needed] (ōl-) (Pelym)

References

• Ante Aikio (2015) Studies in Uralic Etymology; IV Ob-Ugric, Oulu, Helsinki, page 4