Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kalma

This Proto-Uralic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From *kale- (“to die”) +‎ *-ma. The reconstruction *kalema cannot be clearly ruled out.

For previously included cognates in Samic, see *kolmes.

Noun

*kalma

grave
? death

Descendants

Samoyedic: *kålmɜ
- Enets:
  - Forest Enets: [Term?] (kamero)
  - Tundra Enets: [Term?] (kameRo), камэр (“ghost”)
- Nenets:
  - Forest Nenets: каӆьмяӆ (kāŕḿeȧr)
  - Tundra Nenets: хальмер (“grave”)
- Kamassian: [script needed] (kʰolmə, “grave”)
Mordvinic: *kalmə, *kalma-
- Erzya: калмо (kalmo, “grave”), калмамс (kalmams, “to bury”)
- Moksha: калма (kalma, “grave”), калмамс (kalmams, “to bury”)
Finnic: *kalma (“grave, death”) (see there for further descendants)

References

Template:R:Janhunen 2007
Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

External links

Entry #229 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.