Reconstruction:Proto-Mansi/šäm

This Proto-Mansi 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-Mansi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Uralic *ćilmä, *śilmä.

Noun

*šäm

  1. eye

Inflection

Inflection of *šäm
singular dual plural
nominative *šäm *šämɣ *šämt
accusative *šämmī *- *-
lative-dative *šämnä *- *-
locative *šämtǟ *- *-
ablative *šämnǟl *- *-
instrumental *šäml / *šämtɜl *- *-
comitative *šämnǟt *- *-
translative *šämɣ *- *-

Notes: The Proto-Mansi declension system is not yet reconstructed in detail.
What is presented here is only one possibility. (Honti)

Descendants

  • Northern Mansi: сам (sam) (Sosva, Sygva, Upper Lozva, Ob)
  • Eastern Mansi: сям (sâm) (Upper Konda), сӓм (säm) (Yukonda)
  • Western Mansi: [script needed] (šäm) (Pelym, Lower Lozva, North Vagil, South Vagil)
  • Southern Mansi: [script needed] (šäm) (Tavda)

References

  • URALIC ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY (draft version of entries A-Ć), page 129 [1]