Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/elä-

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Verb

*elä-

to live

Descendants

Proto-Samoyedic: *ilä-
- Nganasan: нилыди (njilɨdji)
- Enets:
  - Forest Enets: дириҫь
  - Tundra Enets: (iři-)
- Nenets:
  - Forest Nenets: диӆеш
  - Tundra Nenets: илесь (yilyesʹ°)
- Kamassian: джили (ʒ́ili)
- Proto-Selkup: *ilə-
  - Northern Selkup:
    - Taz: илыӄа (ilyqa)
  - Southern Selkup:
    - Narym: элгу́ (elgú), илэгу́ (ilegú)
    - Upper Ob: йилэгу (jilegu)
Ugric:
- Hungarian: él
- Mansi:
  - Northern Mansi: ялтуӈкве (âltuňkve)
  - Eastern Mansi: ялтых (âltyh)
Proto-Permic: *ɔlni (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Mari: *ĭle- (see there for further descendants)
>? Proto-Mordvinic: *eŕams^[1]
- >? Erzya: эрямс (eŕams, “to live”)
- >? Moksha: эрямс (eŕams, “to live”)
>? Proto-Mordvinic:
- >? Erzya: элякадомс (eľakadoms, “to become overjoyed”)
Proto-Samic: *ealētēk (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Finnic: *elädäk (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”, in Denis, Sinor, editor, The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 478-554
Ante Aikio, Studies in Uralic Etymology V: Permic Etymologies.

^ Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/elä-

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Verb

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