Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/ńåmå

This Proto-Samoyedic 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-Samoyedic

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ńoma.

Noun

*ńåmå

1. hare

Descendants

• Nganasan: нөму (ńomu)
• Enets:
  • Forest Enets: няба (ńaba)
  • Tundra Enets: наба (naba)
• Nenets:
  • Tundra Nenets: нява (nyawa)
• Proto-Selkup: *ńoma
  • Northern Selkup: нёма (njoma)
  • Southern Selkup:
    • Narym: нева́ (njewá)

References

• Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.