Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/jŭmə

This Proto-Mari 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-Mari

Etymology

Traditionally traced back to Proto-Uralic *juma, ultimately borrowed Proto-Indo-Iranian *dyumā́. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *jumala.

However, according to Aikio (2025), more likely from Proto-Uralic *jilma (and cognate with Proto-Finnic *ilma).[1]

Noun

*jŭmə

  1. god

Descendants

  • Eastern Mari: юмо (jumo)
  • Western Mari: йымы (jymy)

References

  1. ^ Aikio, Ante. 2025. "The Etymology of Mari *jŭmǝ ‘sky; God’". Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen 2025 (70): 3–26.[1]
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