Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/säjə

This Proto-Samoyedic 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-Samoyedic

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *śüdäme.

Noun

*säjə

1. heart

Descendants

• Enets:
  • Tundra Enets: сео
  • Forest Enets: сԑй
• Nenets:
  • Tundra Nenets: сей (syey°)
  • Forest Nenets: шей (šyey)
• Proto-Selkup: *sīćə
  • Northern Selkup: сичи (sići)
  • Southern Selkup:
    • Narym: хиҗь
    • Upper Ob: сэдь
• Kamassian: сии (sii)
• Koibal: сей
• Mator: кеемъ