Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ńolke

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

Noun

*ńolke

1. snot
2. saliva, spittle

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: nyál
• Proto-Mordvinic: *nolgə
  • Erzya: нолго (nolgo)
  • Moksha: нолга (nolga)
• Proto-Samic: *(s)nuolkë
  • Western Samic:
    • Southern Sami: snoelke
    • Ume Sami: snuallˈga
    • Pite Sami: snuolˈka
    • Lule Sami: snuolgga
    • Northern Sami: snuolga
  • Eastern Samic:
    • Inari Sami: snuolˈgâ
    • Skolt Sami: njuõlgg
• Proto-Finnic: *nolki (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #634 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.