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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ńale-

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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

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Etymology

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Possibly a pre-Proto-Uralic doublet with either or both of *ńäle- (to swallow), *ńolke (snot, slime). Connection with Turkic *jālga- (to lick) (if from earlier *ńalga-) has occasionally been proposed.

Reconstruction

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Earlier often reconstructed as *ńola- or *ńole-, but Aikio (2016) argues in favor of original *a.

Verb

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*ńale-

  1. to lick

Descendants

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  • Proto-Samoyedic: *ńåə- (see there for further descendants)
  • Ugric:
  • Proto-Permic: *ńulni (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mari: *nŭle- (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *nolams
  • Proto-Samic: *ńoalōtēk (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *nooldak (see there for further descendants)

References

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  • Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.
  • Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
  • Sammallahti, Pekka (1988) “Historical Phonology of the Uralic Languages”, in Denis, Sinor, editor, The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 478-554
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