Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/lë

This Proto-Samoyedic 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-Samoyedic

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *luwe. *ë is unexpected and may be an archaism.

Noun

*lë

1. bone

Derived terms

• ? *lëmpårå (“breast”)

Descendants

• >? Nganasan: лаа (laa, “ring”)
• Nenets:
  • Forest Nenets: [script needed] (rɨ̄)
  • Tundra Nenets: лы (li)
• Selkup:
  • Northern Selkup: лэ (le)
  • Southern Selkup:
    • Narym Selkup: лы (ly)
    • Chulym Selkup: ла (la), лы (ly)
• Kamassian: ле (le)
• Mator: ле

From *lë-təjə:

• Nganasan: латәә (latəə)
• Enets:
  • Forest Enets: лызи (lyði)
  • Tundra Enets: [script needed] (ľīri)
• Nenets:
  • Forest Nenets: [script needed] (rɨ̄tɨ̄)
  • Tundra Nenets: лэды (ledi)

References

• Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.