Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/elä-

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

Verb

*elä-

1. to live

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *ilä-
  • Nganasan: нилыди (njilɨdji)
  • Enets:
    • Forest Enets: дириҫь
    • Tundra Enets: [script needed] (iři-)
  • Nenets:
    • Forest Nenets: диӆеш
    • Tundra Nenets: илесь (yilyesʹ°)
  • Kamassian: джили (ʒ́ili)
  • Proto-Selkup: *ilə-
    • Northern Selkup:
      • Taz: илыӄа (ilyqa)
    • Southern Selkup:
      • Narym: элгу́ (elgú), илэгу́ (ilegú)
      • Upper Ob: йилэгу (jilegu)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: él
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: ялтуӈкве (âltuňkve)
    • Eastern Mansi: ялтых (âltyh)
• Proto-Permic: *ɔlni (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mari: *ĭle- (see there for further descendants)
• >? Proto-Mordvinic: *eŕams
  • >? Erzya: эрямс (eŕams, “to live”)
  • >? Moksha: эрямс (eŕams, “to live”)
• >? Proto-Mordvinic:
  • >? Erzya: элякадомс (eľakadoms, “to become overjoyed”)
• Proto-Samic: *ealētēk (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *elädäk (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
• Ante Aikio, Studies in Uralic Etymology V: Permic Etymologies.

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• Entry #132 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.