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Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/elä-

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

*elä-

  1. to live

Descendants
  • Proto-Samoyedic: *ilä-
    • Nganasan: [script needed] (ńilyďe)
    • Enets:
      • Forest Enets: [Term?] (jire-)
      • Tundra Enets: [Term?] (iři-)
    • Nenets:
      • Forest Nenets:
      • Tundra Nenets: илесь (jiľeś)
    • Selkup:
    • Kamassian: [script needed] (ďili, “lively”)
    • Mator: илинде (“lively”)
  • Ugric:
  • Proto-Permic: *ɔlni (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Mari: *ĭle- (see there for further descendants)
  • >? Proto-Mordvinic:[1]
  • Proto-Samic: *ealētēk (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Finnic: *elädäk (see there for further descendants)

References
  • 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
  • Ante Aikio, Studies in Uralic Etymology V: Permic Etymologies.
  1. Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó

Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
  • Entry #132 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary.
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