Reconstruction:Proto-Ugric/ńelmä

This Proto-Ugric 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-Ugric

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ńälmä.

Noun

*ńelmä

tongue

Descendants

Hungarian: nyelv
Proto-Ob-Ugric: *ńielmV
- Proto-Mansi: *ńiilmV
  - Mansi:
    - Northern: не̄лум (nēlum)
- Proto-Khanty: *ńäälem
  - Khanty:
    - Eastern: ня̈ләм (nâ̈ləm)
    - Northern: ня̈ләм (nâ̈ləm)

References

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