Reconstruction:Proto-Samoyedic/ńimse

This Proto-Samoyedic 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-Samoyedic

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ńimśä.

Noun

*ńimse

1. breast

Descendants

• >? Nganasan: ними (njimi)
• Selkup:
  • Northern Selkup: [script needed] (ńipsə)
  • Southern Selkup:
    • Narym: неб (njeb)
    • Upper Ob: непс (njeps)

References

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland