Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/śuma

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

*śuma

1. headscarf
2. hat
3. kerchief

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic:
  • Nganasan: сәму (səmu)
  • Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: сава (sawa)
    • Forest Nenets: хама (xama)
  • Enets:
    • Forest Enets: сой
    • Tundra Enets: сое
• Proto-Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: шымакш (šymakš)
  • Western Mari: шымакше (šymakše)

Further reading

• Entry #983 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.