Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/lewle

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

Noun

*lewle

1. soul
2. spirit

Derived terms

• *lewltä- (“to breathe”)

Descendants

• Ugric
  • Hungarian: lélek
  • Proto-Khanty: *līl (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Permic: *löl (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Samic: *lievlë (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *leülü (< *lewlew) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Ante Aikio, Studies in Uralic Etymology V: Permic Etymologies.