сэль
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See also: сель and Appendix:Variations of "sel"
Erzya
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Mordvinic *seľ, inherited from Proto-Uralic *süle (“bosom, lap, open arms; fathom?”). Cognates include Finnish syli, Veps sül', Hungarian öl.
Noun
сэль • (sëľ)
Etymology 2
Possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *säŋä (“yarn, thread”). Compare Finnish sää (“fiber, thread, strand”).
Noun
сэль • (sëľ)
- handspun thread
Derived terms
- сэльге (sëľge)
References
- B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “сэль”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
- Entry #900 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- Entry #1545 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.