Reconstruction:Proto-Mansi/ńī̮l

This Proto-Mansi 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-Mansi

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ńële.

Noun

*ńī̮l

1. arrow

Descendants

• Northern Mansi: ня̄л (nâ̄l) (Sosva, Upper Lozva)
• Eastern Mansi: ньыл (nʹyl) (Konda), ниль (nilʹ) (Upper Konda), ня̄л (nâ̄l) (Yukonda)

References

• Zhivlov, Mikhail. 2014. "Studies in Uralic vocalism III". In Journal of Language Relationship 12, pp. 113–148.