Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/ńöľ

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Permic/ńȯl

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

Proto-Permic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : *ńöľ

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *neljä. Cognate with Proto-Finnic *neljä and Proto-Samic *nealjē.

Udmurt shows an irregular dissimilation *ńöľ > *ńoľ.

Numeral

*ńöľ

1. four

Descendants

• Komi:
  • Komi-Permyak: нёль (ńoľ)
  • Komi-Yazva: нюль (ńuľ)
  • Komi-Zyrian: нёль (ńoľ)
• Udmurt: ньыль (ńyľ)
  • Beserman: ниль (ńiľ), нюль (ńuľ)

References

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