Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kalma

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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

From *kale- (“to die”) +‎ *-ma. The reconstruction *kalema cannot be clearly ruled out.

For previously included cognates in Samic, see *kolmes.

Noun

*kalma

  1. grave
  2. ? death

Descendants

  • Proto-Samoyedic: *kålmɜ
    • Enets:
      • Forest Enets: (kamero)
      • Tundra Enets: (kameRo), камэр (“ghost”)
    • Nenets:
    • Kamassian: (kʰolmə, “grave”)
  • Mordvinic: *kalmə, *kalma-
  • Proto-Finnic: *kalma (“grave, death”) (see there for further descendants)

References

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