Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/lombə

This Proto-Mari 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-Mari

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ďëme. Cognates include Proto-Permic *ľȯm, Proto-Finnic *toomi and Proto-Samic *δuomë.

Noun

*lombə

1. bird cherry

Descendants

• Eastern Mari: ломбо (lombo)
• Western Mari: ломбы (lomby)

References

• Aikio, Ante. 2014. "On the reconstruction of Proto-Mari vocalism". In Journal of Language Relationship 11, pp. 125–157.