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Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/kwiń

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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

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Proto-Permic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *kwiń
    Ordinal : *kojmät

Etymology

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From earlier *kuńm- < *końm- < *koľm-, from Proto-Uralic *kolme. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *kolmi and Proto-Samic *kolmë.

The earlier *koľm- > *kojm- is attested in the ordinal number *kojmät (third).

Numeral

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*kwiń (stem *kwińm-)

  1. three

Descendants

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References

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  • Lytkin, V. I., Gulyaev, E. S., editors (1970), “куим”, in Краткий этимологический словарь коми языка [Brief Etymological Dictionary of the Komi Language]‎[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka