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: *səmå (see there for further descendants)
• 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.