Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/lë

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 *luwe. *ë is unexpected and may be an archaism.

Noun

*lë

bone

Derived terms

? *lëmpårå (“breast”)

Descendants

? Nganasan: [script needed] (lā, “iron ring”)
Enets: [Term?] (лы)
Yurats: лы
Nenets:
- Forest Nenets: [script needed] (rɨ̄)
- Tundra Nenets: лы (li)
Selkup: [script needed] (li̮), (oblique stem) [script needed] (le̮-)
Kamassian: [script needed] (le)
Mator: ле

From *lë-təjə:

Nganasan: латәә
Enets:
- Forest Enets: [Term?] (ľīdi)
- Tundra Enets: [Term?] (ľīri)
Nenets:
- Forest Nenets: [script needed] (rɨ̄tɨ̄)
- Tundra Nenets: лэды (ledi)

References

Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.