Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/lënte

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

Sometimes compared to Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”), which may be a substrate word.

Noun

*lënte

  1. lowland

Descendants

  • Proto-Samoyedic: *lïntǝ
    • Nganasan: [script needed] (li̮ntǝ)
  • Proto-Permic:
  • Mari:
    • Western Mari: ландака (landaka)
  • >? Proto-Mordvinic: *lanďəms (“to squat down”)
    • >? Erzya: ландямс (lanďams)
  • Proto-Finnic: *lanci (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.

Further reading

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