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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ilma

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

Reconstruction

Sammallahti (1988) lists only the meaning "weather". Rédei (1986) notes that the meaning "god" can be found in both Permic and Khanty, and was likely lost in the other languages.

Noun

*ilma

  1. sky, heaven
  2. ? weather
  3. ? god

Synonyms

  • (heaven, god): *juma (Finno-Permic)
  • ? (weather): *säŋe

Descendants

  • Ugric:
    • Khanty:
      • Northern: иләм (iləm), [script needed] (jeɬəm)
      • Southern: [script needed] (itəm)
    • Mansi: [Term?]
  • Permic:
    • Komi:
      • Komi-Permyak: ен (jen)
      • Komi-Zyrian: ен (jen)
    • Udmurt: ин (in)
  • Samic: *ëlmē (see there for further descendants)
  • Finnic: *ilma (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, with special reference to Samoyed, Ugric and Permic". In Sinor, Denis (ed.), The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, pp. 478–554. Leiden: Brill. →ISBN.

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • Entry #146 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
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