Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/śajwa

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

Reconstruction

UEW gives the reconstruction *śojwa, but this does not match any of the descendants. Contrast *ojwa (“head”).

The cluster *jw is reconstructed on the basis of Sami, but also *wj is possible, as metathesis *vj > *jv is regular in Kola Sami (compare Proto-Samic *čoavjē). This may suggest that the word is originally a derivative: *śawe +‎ *-ja.

Noun

*śajwa

1. clay

Synonyms

• *śawe

Descendants

• Samoyedic:
  • Selkup:
    • Northern Selkup: [script needed] (sǖ)
  • Kamassian: (Koibal) [script needed] (se)
• Proto-Permic: *śoj (see there for further descendants)
• Samic: ? *čuojvē, *čuovjē
  • Kildin Sami: чуййв (čujjv)
  • Ter Sami: [script needed] (čujjve)

References

• Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

External links

• Entry #971 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.