Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kalma

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

From *kale- (“to die”) +‎ *-ma. The reconstruction *kalema cannot be clearly ruled out.

For previously included cognates in Samic, see *kolmes.

Noun

*kalma

  1. grave
  2. ? death

Descendants

  • Proto-Samoyedic: *kålmɜ (see there for further descendants)
  • Mordvinic: *kalmə, *kalma-
    • Erzya: калмо (kalmo, “grave”), калмамс (kalmams, “to bury”)
    • Moksha: калма (kalma, “grave”), калмамс (kalmams, “to bury”)
  • Proto-Finnic: *kalma (“grave, death”) (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Template:R:Janhunen 2007
  • Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
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