Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/śečä

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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

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Reconstruction

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Some sources (e.g. Sammallahti 1988) reconstruct *čečä and a dissimilation *č-č > *ć-č for Finnic, Samic and Komi; others (UEW) assume instead a widespread assimilation *ś-č > *č-č or *š-č. Compare *śača-.

Noun

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*śečä

  1. uncle

Coordinate terms

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Descendants

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  • Proto-Samoyedic: *čečä
  • Ugric:
    • Mansi:
      • Eastern Mansi: [script needed] (šäš)
      • Northern Mansi: сасыг (sasyg)
      • Western Mansi: [script needed] (šäš)
  • Proto-Permic: *čɔž
  • Mari:
  • Proto-Mordvinic: *čəčə, *čičə
  • Proto-Samic: *čeacē (paternal uncle)
  • Proto-Finnic: *setä (paternal uncle)

References

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  • Rédei, Károly (1986–88) Uralisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Uralic Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
  • 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
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