Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/səjmä

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 *śilmä.

Noun

*səjmä

1. eye

Descendants

• Nganasan: сеймы (sjejmɨ)
• Enets:
  • Tundra Enets: сэй (sei)
• Nenets
  • Tundra Nenets: сэв (sew°)
  • Forest Nenets: хӭм (haɛm)
• Proto-Selkup: *sajə (see there for further descendants)
• Kamassian: сима (sima)
• Koibal: сима (sima)
• Mator: симе

References

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