Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/peljä

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

Etymology

Has sometimes considered to be a derivative of *peele (“side”). According to current knowledge, this is however to be reconstructed as *päle (from which Proto-Finnic *peeli), in which light a connection seems less likely.

Noun

*peljä

  1. ear

Descendants

  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: fül
    • Proto-Khanty: *pĕl (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Mansi: *pä̆ľ
  • Proto-Permic: *pɛľ (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mari: *pĭləkš (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *piľə
  • Proto-Samic: *pealjē (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
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