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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/lome

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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

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Reconstruction

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One of the words showing raising of *o to *u in the Finno-Permic languages. Has been in various sources also reconstructed as lume or lumi.

Noun

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*lome

  1. snow

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Proto-Samoyedic: *jom- (to snow) (see there for further descendants)
  • Ugric:
    • ? Hungarian: (dialectal) lom (rime)
  • Proto-Permic: *lu̇m (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mari: *lŭm (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *lovə (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Samic: *lomë (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *lumi (see there for further descendants)

References

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  • Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (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
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