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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
    • Nganasan: ним
    • Enets:
      • Forest Enets:
      • Tundra Enets: [script needed] (ńuʔ)
    • Nenets:
    • Selkup:
      • Northern Selkup: ним (nim)
      • Southern Selkup:
        • Narym: нэп
        • Upper Ob: ниэм
    • Kamassian: [script needed] (nim)
    • Mator: нуммеде (third-person singular possessive)
  • Ugric:
    • Hungarian: név
    • Mansi:
      • Northern Mansi: нам (nam)
      • Southern Mansi: [script needed] (näm)
    • Khanty:
      • Eastern Khanty: [script needed] (nem)
      • Northern Khanty: [script needed] (nem)
      • 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
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