Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ade-

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

Notes

Often reconstructed, on the basis of the Sami and Mordvinic evidence, as *oda-. Aikio (2013) has argued that the reconstruction *ade- better accounts for the Ugric descendants, and that a regular sound change *a-e > *o-a has taken place in the former two.

Verb

*ade-

1. to sleep

Derived terms

• *adema (“sleep, dream”)

Descendants

• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: alszik
  • Mansi:
    • Eastern Mansi: ололантымъ (ololantymʺ)
  • Khanty:
    • Northern Khanty: [script needed] (ŏʌ-)
    • Eastern Khanty: [script needed] (ăla-) (Vakh)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *udəms
  • Erzya: удомс (udoms)
  • Moksha: удомс (udoms)
• Proto-Samic: *oaδētēk (see there for further descendants)

References

• Aikio, Ante. 2013. "Uralilaisen kantakielen vokaalistosta". Paper presented at the seminar Etymologia ja kielihistoria: Erkki Itkosen ja Aulis J. Joen 100-vuotisjuhlaseminaari.
• 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

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• Entry #660 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.