< Reconstruction:Proto-Mari

Reconstruction:Proto-Mari/jĭlmə

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

From Proto-Uralic *ńälmä. Cognates include Proto-Samic *ńālmē.

Noun

*jĭlmə

  1. tongue
  2. language

Descendants
  • Eastern Mari: йылме (jylme)
  • Western Mari: йӹлмӹ (jÿlmÿ)

References
  • Gábor Bereczki (2013) “jə̂lme”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Tscheremissischen (Mari) [Etymological dictionary of the Cheremiss language (Mari)], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN
  • Aikio, Ante. 2014. "On the reconstruction of Proto-Mari vocalism". In Journal of Language Relationship 11, pp. 125–157.
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