Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/su̇

This Proto-Permic 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-Permic

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *sän. Cognates include Proto-Finnic *hän and Proto-Samic *sonë.

Unrelated to Proto-Indo-European *ḱe or any of its descendants.

The change *u̇ > o in Udmurt is irregular, but is a result of conflation with the related pronoun *se.

Pronoun

*su̇

1. that
2. he, she, it

Descendants

• Komi:
  • Komi-Permyak: сы- (sy-) ⇒ сія (sija)
  • Komi-Zyrian: сы (sy) ⇒ сійӧ (sijö)
• Udmurt: со (so)

See also

• *ta (“this”)

References

• Lytkin, V. I., Gulyaev, E. S., editors (1970), “сійӧ”, in Краткий этимологический словарь коми языка [Brief Etymological Dictionary of the Komi Language]‎^[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka