Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/kolmamte
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
*kolme + *-mte. The *-a- is required by the descendants[1] (e.g. *kolmemte would have resulted in Proto-Samic **kuolmëmtë). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. but why *-a-?
Adjective[edit]
*kolmamte (Finno-Permic)
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Permic:
- Proto-Samic: *koalmāmtë (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Finnic: *kolmanci (see there for further descendants)
References[edit]
- ^ Sammallahti, Pekka (1988) “Historical Phonology of the Uralic Languages”, in Denis, Sinor, editor, The Uralic Languages: Description, History and Foreign Influences, Leiden: E. J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 478-554