Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/śilmä

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

*śilmä

1. eye

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *səjmä (see there for further descendants)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: szem
  • Proto-Mansi: *šäm
    • Eastern Mansi: [script needed] (šäm)
    • Northern Mansi: сам (sam)
    • Southern Mansi: [script needed] (šäm)
    • Western Mansi: [script needed] (šäm)
  • Proto-Khanty: *säm (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Permic: *śin (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mari: *šĭńća (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *śeľmə (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Samic: *čëlmē (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *silmä (see there for further descendants)

References

• Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (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 #964 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.