Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/peljä

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

Etymology

Has sometimes considered to be a derivative of *peele (“side”). According to current knowledge, this is however to be reconstructed as *päle (from which Proto-Finnic *peeli), in which light a connection seems less likely.

Noun

*peljä

1. ear

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: fül
  • Proto-Khanty: *pĕl
    • Eastern Khanty: пәԓ (pəł)
    • Northern Khanty: пӑԓ (păł)
    • Southern Khanty: [script needed] (pĕt)
  • Proto-Mansi: *pä̆ľ
    • Eastern Mansi: пяля (pâlâ)
    • Northern Mansi: паль (palʹ)
    • Southern Mansi: пиԉ
• Proto-Permic: *pɛľ (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mari: *pĭləkš (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *piľə
  • Erzya: пиле (pile)
  • Moksha: пиле (pile)
• Proto-Samic: *pealjē (see there for further descendants)

References

• 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

External links

• Entry #740 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.