Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/śäjćem

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

Etymology

Unclear. According to Napolskikh (1995), the western reflexes may consist of one or more loans from an early Balto-Slavic form *setĭmĭ (later Proto-Slavic *sedmь), if one assumes for this a palatalized pronunciation of *s and *t. Proto-Samoyedic *säjkwə has sometimes been considered related as well, but according to Napolskikh this would rather derive from Tocharian. Several open questions remain.

Numeral

*śäjćem

seven

Descendants

From *śićem or *śijćem:

Permic:
- Komi:
  - Komi-Permyak: сизим (sizim)
  - Komi-Zyrian: сізьым (sïzʹym)
- Udmurt: сизьым (sizʹym)
Mari: *šĭšəm
- Hill Mari: шӹм (šÿm)
- Meadow Mari: шым (šym), шишим (šišim)

From *śäćem:

Samic: *čiečëm (see there for further descendants)
(?) Mordvinic: *śiśəm
- Erzya: сисем (sisem)
- Moksha: сисем (sisem)

From *śäjćem or *śäŋćem:

Finnic: *säic'en (see there for further descendants)

References

Napolskikh, V. V. 1995. "Uralic 'seven'". In Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 86, pp. 119–128.

External links

Entry #1588 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

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