Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ime-
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sometimes compared to Proto-Turkic *em- (“to suck”), Proto-Yukaghir *iw- (“to suck”), whence Northern Yukaghir иби (ibi), and Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *inmə- (“to swallow”), whence Alutor инмын (inmən).
Verb
[edit]*ime-
- to suck
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Samoyedic: *ńim- (see there for further descendants)
- Ugric:
- Hungarian: emik (obsolete)
- >? Proto-Samic: *ńëmëtēk (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Finnic: *imedäk (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
[edit]- 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 #148 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Fortescue, Michael (2005) Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan dictionary (Trends in Linguistic Documentation; 23), Berlin – New York: de Gruyter, →ISBN.
- Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN