Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/nime

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
  • Nganasan: ним
  • Enets:
    • Forest Enets:
    • Tundra Enets: (ńuʔ)
  • Nenets:
    • Forest Nenets: ним (ńim)
    • Tundra Nenets: нюмʼ (nyum)
  • Selkup:
    • Northern Selkup: ним (nim)
    • Southern Selkup:
      • Narym: нэп
      • Upper Ob: ниэм
  • Kamassian: (nim)
  • Mator: нуммеде (third-person singular possessive)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: név
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: нам (nam)
    • Southern Mansi: (näm)
  • Khanty:
    • Eastern Khanty: (nem)
    • Northern Khanty: (nem)
    • 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

• 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
• Entry #597 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.