Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/adema

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

Etymology

A derivative of *ade- (“to sleep”) +‎ *-ma. Sammallahti (1988) reconstructs a separate root *alma, and excludes the Mordvinic descendants.

Noun

*adema

sleep
dream

Descendants

Ugric:
- Hungarian: álom
- Mansi: ӯлем (ūlem)
- Khanty: аләм (aləm, “sleep”), уләм (uləm, “dream”)
Proto-Permic: *on (see there for further descendants)
Mari:
- Eastern Mari: омо (omo)
- Western Mari: ом (om)
Proto-Mordvinic: *ūdə̑mə̑ (see there for further descendants)

References

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

External links

Entry #661 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.