Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/jål

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 *jalka. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *jalka and Proto-Samic *juolkē.

Noun

*jål

1. foot

Descendants

• Eastern Mari: йол (jol)
• Western Mari: ял (jal)

References

• Aikio, Ante. 2014. "On the reconstruction of Proto-Mari vocalism". In Journal of Language Relationship 11, pp. 125–157.
• Zhivlov, Mikhail. 2014. "Studies in Uralic vocalism III". In Journal of Language Relationship 12, pp. 113–148.