< Reconstruction:Proto-Yukaghir
Reconstruction:Proto-Yukaghir/sa:-
Proto-Yukaghir
Etymology
Possibly related to Proto-Uralic *śala (“elm tree”).[1]
Root
*sa:-[1]
- tree
- wood
- stick
Derived terms
- *sa:-l
- Northern Yukaghir: саал (saal)
- Omok: теа (tea)
- Southern Yukaghir: шаал (šāl)
References
- Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 392