Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/sańśa-

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.

Several of the descendants point to a front-vocalic variant *säńśä-. The variation remains unexplained.

*sańśa-

1. to stand

   Synonym: *salkɜ-

From *sańśa-:

• Khanty:
  • Eastern Khanty: (li̮ńť-), (ji̮ńť-)
  • Northern Khanty: (laś-)
  • Southern Khanty: (ťońť-)
• Mansi:
  • Eastern Mansi: туньсь (tunʹsʹ), тусьт (tusʹt)
  • Northern Mansi: тӯсьт (tūsʹt)
  • Southern Mansi: то̄ньць (tōnʹcʹ), то̄цьт (tōcʹt)
  • Western Mansi: туньсь (tunʹsʹ), тусьт (tusʹt)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *śəśťams ⇒ *śťams
  • Erzya: стямс (sťams)
  • Moksha: стямс (sťams)
• Proto-Samic: *čuońčōtēk (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *saisadak, *saisodak (see there for further descendants)

From *säńśä-:

• Proto-Samoyedic: *tänsä-
• Permic:
  • Komi:
    • Komi-Zyrian: (sidź-, “to sit down”)
• Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: шинчаш (šinčaš)
  • Western Mari: сӹнзаш (sÿnzaš)
• >? Proto-Finnic: *saistak, *saictak (see there for further descendants)

• Aikio, Ante. 2002. "New and Old Samoyed Etymologies". Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 57, pp. 9–57.
• 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 #873 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.