Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/nime

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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/nime

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

Within the disputed Indo-Uralic theory, it has been connected with the Indo-European noun *h₁nómn̥. According to V. Napolskikh, similar words meaning "name" can be found in other languages of northern Eurasia, i.e. Yukaghir and Chukchi нынны, and also Proto-Japonic *na, but they are unrelated, at least not directly for sure.

Noun

*nime

1. name

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *nim
  • Nganasan: ним
  • Enets:
    • Forest Enets:
    • Tundra Enets: [Term?] (ńuʔ)
  • Nenets:
    • Forest Nenets: ним (ńim)
    • Tundra Nenets: нюмʼ (ńum)
  • Selkup: ним
  • Kamassian: [script needed] (nim)
  • Mator: (3rd person singular possessive) [script needed] (нуммеде)
• Proto-Ugric: *nĭmĭ (see there for further descendants)
• Permic: *ńim
  • Komi:
    • Komi-Permyak: ним (nim)
    • Komi-Zyrian: ним (nim)
  • Udmurt: ним (nim)
• Proto-Mari: *lü̆m (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *limə (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Samic: *nëmë (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *nimi (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• 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
• Entry #597 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.