Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/jŭmə

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 *juma, ultimately borrowed Proto-Indo-Iranian *dyumā́. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *jumala.

Noun

*jŭmə

1. god

Descendants

• Eastern Mari: юмо (jumo)
• Western Mari: йымы (jymy)

References

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