Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/ɔ̇kmu̇s

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Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/ɔ̇kmu̇s

This Proto-Permic 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-Permic

Proto-Permic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *ɔ̇kmu̇s

Reconstruction notes

• In Late Proto-Permic, the initial vowel started to vary, with Udmurt showing a reflex of initial *u-, and dialectal Komi showing *o-. Nevertheless, based on *ɔ̇tik, an original initial *ɔ̇- can be reconstructed.

Etymology

From *ɔ̇k- (“one”) +‎ *-mu̇s (“lacking from ten”). The first part is an unmetathesised continuation of Proto-Uralic *ükte.

Equivalent to Proto-Finnic *ükteksä (“nine”), itself also derived from *ükci (“one”).

Numeral

*ɔ̇kmu̇s

1. nine

Descendants

• Komi:
  • Komi-Permyak: ӧ́кмыс (ö́kmys)
  • Komi-Zyrian: ӧкмыс (ökmys)
• Udmurt: укмыс (ukmys)

References

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