Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/ńań

This Proto-Permic 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-Permic

Etymology

Borrowed from a Middle Iranian language, from Proto-Iranian *nagna-. Compare Persian نان (nân) and Baluchi نگن (nagan). From Proto-Permic, the word has spread as a wanderword to other languages in the area.

Noun

*ńań (stem *ńań-)

1. bread

Declension

Declension of *ńań (stem: *ńań-)
		singular	plural
nominative		*ńań	*ńańjas
accusative	indefinite	*ńań	*ńańjas
	definite	*ńańäs	*ńańjasäs
instrumental		*ńańän	*ńańjasän
caritive		*ńańtäk	*ńańjastäk
consecutive		*ńańla	*ńańjasla
genitive		*ńańlän	*ńańjaslän
ablative		*ńańliś	*ńańjasliś
dative		*ńańli	*ńańjasli
inessive		*ńańin	*ńańjasin
elative		*ńańiś	*ńańjasiś
illative		*ńańä	*ńańjasä
egressive		*ńańśań	*ńańjasśań
approximative		*ńańlań	*ńańjaslań
terminative		*ńańäʒ́	*ńańjasäʒ́
translative		*ńańti	*ńańjasti

Derived terms

• *pɛľńań

 

Descendants

• Komi:
  • Komi-Permyak: нянь (ńań)
  • Komi-Yazva: нянь (ńań)
  • Komi-Zyrian: нянь (ńań)
  • Old Komi: 𐍝̀𐍐𐍝̀ (ňaň)
• Udmurt: нянь (ńań)
• → Proto-Khanty:
  • Northern Khanty: њањ (njanj)
  • Eastern Khanty: њањ (njanj)
• → Proto-Mansi:
  • Northern Mansi: ня̄нь (nâ̄nʹ)
  • Central Mansi: нянь (nânʹ)
• → Proto-Samoyedic:
  • Nenets:
    • Forest Nenets: нянь (nyanʹ)
    • Tundra Nenets: нянь (nyanʹ°)
  • Selkup:
    • Northern Selkup: няй (njaj)
    • Southern Selkup:
      • Narym: няй (njaj)
      • Upper Ob: ней (njej)
• → Proto-Yeniseian:
  • Ket: няʼнь (ńa'ń)

Notes

• The spread of the word was most probably as follows: Proto-Permic > Ob-Ugric > Nenets > Selkup > Ket.