Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/nime

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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

Within the disputed Indo-Uralic theory, it has been connected with the Indo-European noun *h₁nómn̥.

Similar words meaning "name" can be found in other languages of northern Eurasia, for instance Proto-Yukaghir *ńu:, Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *nənnə, and Proto-Japonic *na.

Noun

*nime

  1. name

Descendants

  • Proto-Samoyedic: *nim (see there for further descendants)
  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: név
    • Proto-Mansi: *nä̆mɜ
      • Northern Mansi: нам (nam)
      • Southern Mansi: (näm)
    • Proto-Khanty: *nem
      • Eastern Khanty: нӓм (näm) (Surgut)
      • Northern Khanty: нєм (nêm) (Kazym)
      • Southern Khanty: (nem)
  • Proto-Permic: *ńim (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mari: *lü̆m (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *lemə (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Samic: *nëmë (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *nimi (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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