Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/sańśa-

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

Reconstruction

Several of the descendants point to a front-vocalic variant *säńśä-. The variation remains unexplained.

Verb

*sańśa-

1. to stand

   Synonym: *salkɜ-

Descendants

From *sańśa-:

• Khanty:
  • Eastern Khanty: [script needed] (li̮ńť-), [script needed] (ji̮ńť-)
  • Northern Khanty: [script needed] (laś-)
  • Southern Khanty: [script needed] (ťońť-)
• Mansi:
  • Eastern Mansi: туньсь (tunʹsʹ), тусьт (tusʹt)
  • Northern Mansi: тӯсьт (tūsʹt)
  • Southern Mansi: то̄ньць (tōnʹcʹ), то̄цьт (tōcʹt)
  • Western Mansi: туньсь (tunʹsʹ), тусьт (tusʹt)
• Proto-Mordvinic: *śəśťams ⇒ *śťams
  • Erzya: стямс (sťams)
  • Moksha: стямс (sťams)
• Proto-Samic: *čuońčōtēk (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *saisadak, *saisodak (see there for further descendants)

From *säńśä-:

• Proto-Samoyedic: *tänsä-
• Permic:
  • Komi:
    • Komi-Zyrian: [script needed] (sidź-, “to sit down”)
• Mari:
  • Eastern Mari: шинчаш (šinčaš)
  • Western Mari: сӹнзаш (sÿnzaš)
• >? Proto-Finnic: *saistak, *saictak (see there for further descendants)

References

• Aikio, Ante. 2002. "New and Old Samoyed Etymologies". Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 57, pp. 9–57.
• 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

External links

• Entry #873 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.