Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/peljä

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

Has sometimes considered to be a derivative of Proto-Uralic *peele (“side”). According to current knowledge, this is however to be reconstructed as Proto-Uralic *päle (from which Proto-Finnic *peeli), in which light a connection seems less likely.

Noun

*peljä

ear

Descendants

Proto-Ugric: *pĭljĭ (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Permic: *pɛľ (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Mari: *pĭləkš (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Mordvinic: *pīĺə (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Samic: *pealjē (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 #740 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.