Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/ńań

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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 نان (nân) and Baluchi نگن (nagan). From Proto-Permic, the word has spread as a wanderword to other languages in the area.

Noun

*ńań (stem *ńań-)[2][3]

  1. bread

Declension

Declension of *ńań (stem: *ńań-)
singular plural
nominative *ńań *ńańjas
accusative indefinite *ńań *ńańjas
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

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:
  • Proto-Samoyedic:
    • Nenets:
    • Selkup:
      • Northern Selkup: няй (njaj)
      • Southern Selkup:
  • Proto-Yeniseian:

Notes

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 F. Siegl (2017) Wanderwörter, areality and borders – the word for ‘bread’ in selected areas of Eurasia, Helsinki, page 332
  2. 2.0 2.1 Lytkin, V. I., Gulyaev, E. S., editors (1970), “нянь”, in Краткий этимологический словарь коми языка (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka
  3. ^ Sándor Csúcs (2005) Die Rekonstruktion der Permischen Grundsprache (Bibliotheca Uralica; 13) (in German), Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN, page 361