Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/śajwa

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

Reconstruction

UEW gives the reconstruction *śojwa, but this does not match any of the descendants. Contrast *ojwa (“head”).

The cluster *jw is reconstructed on the basis of Sami, but also *wj is possible, as metathesis *vj > *jv is regular in Kola Sami (compare Proto-Samic *čoavjē). This may suggest that the word is originally a derivative: *śawe +‎ *-ja.

Noun

*śajwa

clay

Synonyms

*śawe

Descendants

Samoyedic:
- Selkup: [script needed] (sǖ)
- Kamassian: (Koibal) [script needed] (se)
Permic: *śoj
- Komi:
  - Komi-Permyak: сёй (sjoj)
  - Komi-Zyrian: сёй (sjoj)
- Udmurt: сюй (sjuj)
Samic: ? *čuojvē, *čuovjē
- Kildin Sami: чуййв (čujjv)
- Ter Sami: [Term?] (čujjve)

References

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

External links

Entry #971 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.