Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/ńań

This Proto-Permic 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-Permic

Etymology

Borrowed from a Middle Iranian language, from Proto-Iranian *nagna-.^[1]^[2] Compare Persian (nân) and Baluchi (nagan). From Proto-Permic, the word has spread as a wanderword to other languages in the area.

Noun

*ńań (stem *ńań-)^[2]^[3]

bread

Declension

Declension of ńań (stem: ńań-)
		singular	plural
nominative		*ńań	*ńańjas
accusative	indefinite	*ńań	*ńańjas
accusative	definite	*ńańäs	*ńańjasäs
instrumental		*ńańän	*ńańjasän
caritive		*ńańtäk	*ńańjastäk
consecutive		*ńańla	*ńańjasla
genitive		*ńańlän	*ńańjaslän
ablative		*ńańliś	*ńańjasliś
dative		*ńańli	*ńańjasli
inessive		*ńańin	*ńańjasin
elative		*ńańiś	*ńańjasiś
illative		*ńańä	*ńańjasä
egressive		*ńańśań	*ńańjasśań
approximative		*ńańlań	*ńańjaslań
terminative		*ńańäʒ́	*ńańjasäʒ́
translative		*ńańti	*ńańjasti

Derived terms

*pɛľńań

Descendants

Komi:
- Komi-Permyak: нянь (ńań)
- Komi-Yazva: нянь (ńań)
- Komi-Zyrian: нянь (ńań)
- Old Komi: 𐍝̀𐍐𐍝̀ (ňaň)
Udmurt: нянь (ńań)
→ Proto-Khanty:
- Northern Khanty: њањ (njanj)
- Eastern Khanty: њањ (njanj)
→ Proto-Mansi:
- Northern Mansi: ня̄нь (nâ̄nʹ)
- Central Mansi: нянь (nânʹ)
→ Proto-Samoyedic:
- Nenets:
  - Forest Nenets: нянь (nyanʹ)
  - Tundra Nenets: нянь (nyanʹ°)
- Selkup:
  - Northern Selkup: няй (njaj)
  - Southern Selkup:
    - Narym: няй
    - Upper Ob: ней
→ Proto-Yeniseian:
- Ket: няʼнь (ńa'ń)

Notes

The spread of the word was most probably as follows: Proto-Permic > Ob-Ugric > Nenets > Selkup > Ket.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 F. Siegl (2017) Wanderwörter, areality and borders – the word for ‘bread’ in selected areas of Eurasia‎, Helsinki, page 332
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Lytkin, V. I., Gulyaev, E. S., editors (1970), “нянь”, in Краткий этимологический словарь коми языка [Brief Etymological Dictionary of the Komi Language]‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka
^ Sándor Csúcs (2005) Die Rekonstruktion der Permischen Grundsprache (Bibliotheca Uralica; 13) (in German), Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN, page 361

[Siegl-1] 1.0 ^1.1 F. Siegl (2017) Wanderwörter, areality and borders – the word for ‘bread’ in selected areas of Eurasia‎, Helsinki, page 332

[KESK-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Lytkin, V. I., Gulyaev, E. S., editors (1970), “нянь”, in Краткий этимологический словарь коми языка [Brief Etymological Dictionary of the Komi Language]‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka

[3] Sándor Csúcs (2005) Die Rekonstruktion der Permischen Grundsprache (Bibliotheca Uralica; 13) (in German), Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN, page 361

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