Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ńoma

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

Janhunen (1981) suggests derivation as from *ńoxe- (“to pursue”) +‎ *-ma. Possibly some way related to Omok нема (nema).

All reflexes outside Samoyedic indicate a further suffixed form *ńoma +‎ *-la.

Noun

*ńoma

1. hare

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *ńåmå (see there for further descendants)

From *ńomala:

• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: nyúl
• Permic:
  • Komi:
    • Komi-Yazva: нимөл (ńimål)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *numələ
  • Erzya: нумоло (numolo)
  • Moksha: нумол (numol)
• Proto-Samic: *ńoamēlē (see there for further descendants)

References

• Janhunen, Juha. 1981. "Uralilaisen kantakielen sanastosta" ('On the Vocabulary of the Uralic Proto-Language'). Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 77, pp. 219–274.
• 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

External links

• Entry #636 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.