Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/më-

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

Uncertain. Possibly related to *më (“what”).

Verb

*më-^[1]

Descendants

Enets:
- Forest Enets: муҫь (muš')^[2]
- Tundra Enets: муше (muše)^[3]
Nenets:
- Forest Nenets: мэ̄ш (mēš)^[4]
- Tundra Nenets: мэ̇сь (mėsʹ°)^[5]
Kamassian: мозьәт (moźət)^[6]
Mator: мэ- (me̮-)^[7]

References

^ Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.
^ P. N. Sorokina (2001) C. D. Bolina, editor, Словарь Энецко-русский и Русско-Энецкий [Forest Enets-Russian and Russian-Forest Enets dictionary]‎^[1], Saint-Petersburg, page 74
^ Olesya Khanina, Andrey Shluinsky (2023) Forest and Tundra Enets‎^[2], →DOI, →ISBN, page 835
^ M. Y. Barmich, I. A. Vello (2002) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий (лесной диалект), Просвещение, →ISBN, page 73
^ N. M. Tereschenko (2005) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 60
^ Donner, Kai R. (1944) Kamassisches Wörterbuch nebst Sprachproben und Hauptzügen der Grammatik‎^[3], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 40
^ E. Helimski (1997) N. Beáta, editor, Die Matorische Sprache‎^[4] (in German), Szeged: JATE Finnugor Tanszék, →ISBN, page 304

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

[2] P. N. Sorokina (2001) C. D. Bolina, editor, Словарь Энецко-русский и Русско-Энецкий [Forest Enets-Russian and Russian-Forest Enets dictionary]‎^[1], Saint-Petersburg, page 74

[3] Olesya Khanina, Andrey Shluinsky (2023) Forest and Tundra Enets‎^[2], →DOI, →ISBN, page 835

[4] M. Y. Barmich, I. A. Vello (2002) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий (лесной диалект), Просвещение, →ISBN, page 73

[5] N. M. Tereschenko (2005) Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 60

[6] Donner, Kai R. (1944) Kamassisches Wörterbuch nebst Sprachproben und Hauptzügen der Grammatik‎^[3], Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 40

[7] E. Helimski (1997) N. Beáta, editor, Die Matorische Sprache‎^[4] (in German), Szeged: JATE Finnugor Tanszék, →ISBN, page 304

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