Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ńälmä

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Etymology

From *ńäle- (“to swallow”) +‎ *-mä.

Noun

*ńälmä

1. tongue
2. language

Synonyms

• *käle

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: nyelv
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: не̄лум (nēlum)
  • Khanty:
    • Eastern Khanty: њаԓәм (njałəm)
    • Northern Khanty: њаԓәм (njałəm)
• Proto-Mari: *jĭlmə (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Samic: *ńālmē (see there for further descendants)

External links

• Entry #615 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.