Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/śëme

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

*śëme

1. scale (of fish)

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • Proto-Mansi: *sï̄m
  • Proto-Khanty: *sām
• Proto-Permic: *śȯm (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mari: *šüm (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *śav
  • Erzya: сяв (śav)
  • Moksha: сяв (śav)
• Proto-Finnic: *soomu (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Samic: *čuomë (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Entry #958 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.