Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ńoma

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

Janhunen (1981) suggests derivation as from *ńoxe- (“to pursue”) +‎ *-ma. Possibly some way related to Omok нема (nema).

All reflexes outside Samoyedic indicate a further suffixed form *ńoma +‎ *-la.

Noun

*ńoma

hare

Descendants

Proto-Samoyedic: *ńåmå (see there for further descendants)

From *ńomala:

Proto-Ugric: *ńåmala (see there for further descendants)
Permic:
- Komi:
  - Komi-Zyrian: нимал (nimal)
Proto-Mordvinic: *nūmə̑lə̑ (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Samic: *ńoamēlē (see there for further descendants)

References

Janhunen, Juha. 1981. "Uralilaisen kantakielen sanastosta" ('On the Vocabulary of the Uralic Proto-Language'). Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 77, pp. 219–274.
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 #636 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.