Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/sålə-

This Proto-Samoyedic 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-Samoyedic

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ćala-.[1] Compare Finnish salama (lightning, bolt).

Verb

*sålə-[2]

  1. to flash, lighten

Descendants

  • Nganasan: солә (solə, brightness)[3]
  • Nenets:
    • Tundra Nenets: салъясь (salʺyasʹ°)[4]
  • Mator: салә- (salə-)[5]

References

  1. ^ Ante Aikio (2002), “New and Old Samoyed Etymologies”, in Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen, pages 27-29
  2. ^ Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.
  3. ^ N. T. Kosterkina; A. C. Momde; T. Y. Zhdanova (2001), Словарь нганасанско-русский и русско-нганасанский, St. Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 155
  4. ^ N. M. Tereschenko (2005), Словарь ненецко-русский и русско-ненецкий, 3rd edition, Saint Petersburg: Просвещение, →ISBN, page 109
  5. ^ E. Helimski (1997), N. Beáta, editor, Die Matorische Sprache[1] (in German), Szeged: JATE Finnugor Tanszék, →ISBN, page 334