Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/lënte

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

*lënte

1. lowland

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *lïntǝ
  • Nganasan: [script needed] (li̮ntǝ)
• Proto-Permic:
  • Komi:
    • Komi-Permyak: луд (lud)
    • Komi-Zyrian: луд (lud)
  • Udmurt: луд (lud)
• Mari:
  • Western Mari: ландака (landaka)
• >? Proto-Mordvinic: *lanďəms (“to squat down”)
  • >? Erzya: ландямс (lańďams)
• Proto-Finnic: *lanci (see there for further descendants)

References

• Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.

Further reading

• Entry #455 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.