Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/elä-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/elä-

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

Verb

*elä-

1. to live

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *ilä-
  • Nganasan: [script needed] (ńilyďe)
  • Enets:
    • Forest Enets: [Term?] (jire-)
    • Tundra Enets: [Term?] (iři-)
  • Nenets:
    • Forest Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: илесь (jiľeś)
  • Selkup:
  • Kamassian: [script needed] (ďili, “lively”)
  • Mator: илинде (“lively”)
• Proto-Ugric: *elä- (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Permic: *ɔlnu̇ (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mari: *ĭle- (see there for further descendants)
• >? Proto-Mordvinic:[1]
  • Erzya: эрямс (erjams)
  • Moksha: эрямс (erjams)
• Proto-Samic: *ealētēk (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *elädäk (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
• Ante Aikio, Studies in Uralic Etymology V: Permic Etymologies.

1. Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
• Entry #132 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.