Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/elä-

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

Verb

*elä-

  1. to live

Descendants

  • Proto-Samoyedic: *elä- (see there for further descendants)
  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: él
    • Mansi:
      • Northern Mansi: ялтуӈкве (âltuňkve)
      • Eastern Mansi: ялтых (âltyh)
  • Proto-Permic: *ɔlni (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mari: *ĭle- (see there for further descendants)
  • >? Proto-Mordvinic: *eŕams[1]
  • >? Proto-Mordvinic:
    • >? Erzya: элякадомс (eľakadoms, to become overjoyed)
  • Proto-Samic: *ealētēk (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *elädäk (see there for further descendants)

References

  • 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
  • Ante Aikio, Studies in Uralic Etymology V: Permic Etymologies.
  1. ^ Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • Entry #132 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.