Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/nime
Appearance
Proto-Uralic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Within the disputed Indo-Uralic theory, it has been connected with the Indo-European noun *h₁nómn̥.
Similar words meaning "name" can be found in other languages of northern Eurasia, for instance Proto-Yukaghir *ńu:, Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *nənnə, and Proto-Japonic *na.
Noun
[edit]*nime
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Samoyedic: *nim (see there for further descendants)
- Ugric:
- Proto-Permic: *ńim (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Mari: *lü̆m (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Mordvinic: *lemə (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Samic: *nëmë (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Finnic: *nimi (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
[edit]- 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
- Entry #597 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.