Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/jämä-

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Verb

*jämä- (Finno-Volgaic)

1. to turn stiff, to go numb

Descendants

• Proto-Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: йымаш (jymaš)
  • Western Mari: йӹмаш (jÿmaš)
• Proto-Samic: *jāmētēk (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: ⇒ *jämedä ~ *jämäkkä (see there for further descendants)

References

• Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.