Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ńäle-

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

Reconstruction

Older references reconstruct *ńeele-, mainly based on Finnic.

Verb

*ńäle-

1. to swallow

Derived terms

• *ńälmä

Related terms

• *ńale-

Descendants

• Samoyedic:
  • Nganasan: нелтәмирся
  • Nenets:
    • Forest Nenets: няньԓьчемпёш (ńānsaś)
    • Tundra Nenets: ня̆лӑмзь (nyălămzʹ°)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: nyel
  • Khanty:
    • Eastern Khanty: нел (njel)
    • Northern Khanty: нел (njel)
    • Southern Khanty: [script needed] (ńet-)
  • Mansi:
    • Eastern Mansi: [script needed] (ńöält-)
    • Southern Mansi: [script needed] (ńält-)
• Proto-Permic: *ńu̇lni (see there for further descendants)
• Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: нелаш (ńelaš)
  • Western Mari: нелӓш (ńeläš)
• Proto-Mordvinic:
  • Erzya: нилемс (ńiľems)
  • Moksha: нилемс (ńiľems)
• Proto-Samic: *ńielëtēk; (*ńäl-kä >) *ńālkē (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *neeldäk; (*ńäl-kä >) *nälkä (see there for further descendants)

References

• Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ánte (Ante Aikio). 2012. "On Finnic long vowels, Samoyed vowel sequences, and Proto-Uralic *x". In: Hyytiäinen, Tiina; Jalava, Lotta; Saarikivi, Janne; Sandman, Erika (eds.), Per Urales ad Orientem. Iter polyphonicum multilinguae. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 264, pp. 227–250.

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