Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/səjmä

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This Proto-Samoyedic 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-Samoyedic

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *śilmä.

Noun

*səjmä

  1. eye

Descendants

  • Nganasan: сеймы (sjejmɨ)
  • Enets:
  • Nenets
  • Proto-Selkup: *sajə (see there for further descendants)
  • Kamassian: сима (sima)
  • Koibal: сима (sima)
  • Mator: симе

References

  • Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.