Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/-mis

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

Often assumed to be a derivation of *-min (“-ty”) with the elative suffix *-iś with a shift *-miniś > *-miś followed by an irregular shift *-ś > *-s.

Has also been compared with Proto-Turkic *-mïĺ (cf. Tatar -мыш (-mış)).

Suffix

*-mis

1. (unproductive) lacking from ten

Derived terms

Proto-Permic terms suffixed with *-mis

References

• L. Honti (1993) Die Grundzahlwörter der Uralischen Sprachen. [The cardinal numbers in Uralic languages] (in German), Budapest, page 157