Reconstruction:Proto-Numic/nï(h)mï

This Proto-Numic 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-Numic

Noun

*nï(h)mï

  1. person
  2. (specifically) Native American, Numic person

Alternative reconstructions

  • *nə(h)mə (Iannucci 1973)
  • *nɨmɨ (Lamb 1958, cited by Campbell 1997)

Descendants

  • Central Numic:
    • Comanche: nʉmʉ (“person, people”)
  • Western Numic:
    • >? Northern Paiute: nana (“man”)
  • → English: Numic (coined based on this reconstruction)

References

  • Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “1415. *nïmï / *nïmi ‘person, Amerindian, (or specifically) Numic person’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary‎[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 245
  • Lyle Campbell, American Indian Languages →ISBN, 1997)
  • Iannucci, David (1973), “122) *nə(h)mə […] 'person/Indian'”, in Numic Historical Phonology (Thesis), Ithaca, New York: Cornell University, 73-16,085, page 109
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