Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/parma

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *përma

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic.

Noun

*parma

  1. gadfly, horsefly

Descendants

  • Ugric:
    • Proto-Khanty: *pī̮rǝm ~ *pūrǝm
      • Northern Khanty: (Kazym) [script needed] (pĭrǝm), (Obdorsk) [script needed] (purǝm)
  • Proto-Mari: *pårmə
    • Eastern Mari: пормо (pormo)
    • Western Mari: пармы (parmy)
  • Proto-Finnic: *parma (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Metsäranta, Niklas. Periytyminen ja lainautuminen: Marin ja permiläisten kielten sanastontutkimusta (2020). University of Helsinki (Doctoral dissertation). p.311
  • Aikio, Ante. 2016. "The Finnic 'secondary e-stems' and Proto-Uralic vocalism". Suomalais-Ugrilaisen Seuran Aikakauskirja 95, pp. 25–66.
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