Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/tulis

This Proto-Permic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Permic

Etymology

Often proposed to be from Proto-Uralic *towke, in which case related to Proto-Finnic *touko. This in uncertain, as the outcome is quite irregular. The irregularities can be explained as analogy to an unrelated verb *tunu̇ (“to flow over”) (whence Komi-Zyrian туны (tuny)), and the derived verb **tulinu̇ (whence Komi-Zyrian тулыны (tulyny)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtulis/

Noun

*tulis (stem *tulis-)

spring, springtime

Descendants

Komi:
- Komi-Permyak: тулыс (tulys)
- Komi-Zyrian: тулыс (tulys)
Udmurt: тулыс (tulys)

References

Lytkin, V. I., Gulyaev, E. S., editors (1970), “тулыс”, in Краткий этимологический словарь Коми языка [Brief Etymological Dictionary of the Komi Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka