Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ńäle-

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

Reconstruction

Older references reconstruct *ńeele-, mainly based on Finnic.

Verb

*ńäle-

to swallow

Derived terms

*ńälmä

Related terms

*ńale-

Descendants

Samoyedic
- Nenets
  - Tundra Nenets: ня̆лӑмзь (ńāllāmz')
Ugric:
- Hungarian: nyel
- Khanty:
  - Northern, Eastern: нел (nel)
  - Southern: [script needed] (ńet-)
- Mansi:
  - Northern: нялти (nâlti)
  - Eastern: [script needed] (ńöält-)
  - Southern: [script needed] (ńält-)
Permic:
- Komi:
  - Komi-Permyak: ньывавны (nʹyvavny)
  - Komi-Zyrian: ньылны (nʹylny)
- Udmurt: ньылыны (nʹylyny)
Mari:
- Eastern Mari: нелаш (nelaš)
- Western Mari: нелӓш (neläš)
Proto-Mordvinic: *nīĺə- (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Samic: *ńielëtēk; (*ńäl-kä >) *ńālkē (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Finnic: *neeldäk; (*ńäl-kä >) *nälkä (see there for further descendants)

References

Luobbal Sámmol Sámmol Ánte (Ante Aikio). 2012. "On Finnic long vowels, Samoyed vowel sequences, and Proto-Uralic *x". In: Hyytiäinen, Tiina; Jalava, Lotta; Saarikivi, Janne; Sandman, Erika (eds.), Per Urales ad Orientem. Iter polyphonicum multilinguae. Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Toimituksia 264, pp. 227–250.

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