Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/nim

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 *nime.

Noun

*nim

1. name

Descendants

• Nganasan: ним (njim)
• Enets:
  • Forest Enets: ним
  • Tundra Enets: [script needed] (ńuʔ)
• Nenets:
  • Forest Nenets: ним (ńim)
  • Tundra Nenets: нюмʼ (nyum)
• Proto-Selkup: *nim
  • Northern Selkup: ним (nim)
  • Southern Selkup:
    • Narym: нэп (nep)
    • Upper Ob: ниэм (niem)
• Kamassian: ним (nim)
• Mator: нуммеде (third-person singular possessive)