Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/ime-

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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

Etymology

Sometimes compared to Proto-Turkic *em- (to suck), Proto-Yukaghir *iw- (to suck), whence Northern Yukaghir иби (ibi), and Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *inmə- (to swallow), whence Alutor инмын (inmən).

Verb

*ime-

  1. to suck

Descendants

  • Proto-Samoyedic: *ńim-
  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: emik (obsolete)
  • >? Proto-Samic: *ńëmëtēk (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *imedäk (see there for further descendants)

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 #148 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  • Fortescue, Michael (2005) Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan dictionary (Trends in Linguistic Documentation; 23), Berlin – New York: de Gruyter, →ISBN.
  • Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN