Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/nime

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

Etymology

Within the disputed Indo-Uralic theory, it has been connected with the Indo-European noun *h₁nómn̥.

Similar words meaning "name" can be found in other languages of northern Eurasia, for instance Proto-Yukaghir *ńu:, Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *nənnə, and Proto-Japonic *na.

Noun

*nime

1. name

Descendants

• Proto-Samoyedic: *nim (see there for further descendants)
• Ugric:
  • Hungarian: név
  • Mansi:
    • Northern Mansi: нам (nam)
    • Southern Mansi: [script needed] (näm)
  • Khanty:
    • Eastern Khanty: нӓм (näm) (Surgut)
    • Northern Khanty: нєм (nêm) (Kazym)
    • Southern Khanty: [script needed] (nem)
• Proto-Permic: *ńim (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mari: *lü̆m (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *lemə (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Samic: *nëmë (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *nimi (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Sammallahti, Pekka (1988) “Historical Phonology of the Uralic Languages”, in Denis, Sinor, editor, The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 478-554
• Entry #597 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.