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Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/jål

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This Proto-Mari 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-Mari

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Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *jalka. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *jalka and Proto-Samic *juolkē.

Noun

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*jål

  1. foot

Descendants

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  • Eastern Mari: йол (jol)
  • Western Mari: ял (jal)

References

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  • Aikio, Ante. 2014. "On the reconstruction of Proto-Mari vocalism". In Journal of Language Relationship 11, pp. 125–157.
  • Zhivlov, Mikhail. 2014. "Studies in Uralic vocalism III". In Journal of Language Relationship 12, pp. 113–148.