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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ilma
Proto-Uralic
Reconstruction
Sammallahti (1988) lists only the meaning "weather". Rédei (1986) notes that the meaning "god" can be found in both Permic and Khanty, and was likely lost in the other languages.
Noun
*ilma
- sky, heaven
- ? weather
- ? god
Synonyms
- (heaven, god): *juma (Finno-Permic)
- ? (weather): *säŋe
Descendants
- Ugric:
- Khanty:
- Northern: иләм (iləm), еԓәм (eḷəm)
- Southern: итәм (itəm)
- Mansi:
- Khanty:
- Proto-Permic: *jɛn (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Samic: *ëlmē (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Finnic: *ilma (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
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 #146 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.